Elijah Crane
Republican
· AZ-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Information Technology · and Government Innovation
Influence Score
38.7
Least exposed
↓ -4.9
vs 118th (43.6)
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This score measures financial influence across twelve categories. Each bar shows how this member compares to all others in Congress. Longer bars mean more exposure.
Score breakdown — twelve categories
Contributionsmoney from PACs (political action committees) and individual donors
1.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,971,169
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,565,953
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
9.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.2
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $16.89M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $34K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 43.6 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 38.7 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Total money from this network
$642,667
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Where most of the money comes from
What share of their combined contributions and outside spending comes from a single network. Party committees are excluded.
Network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Share from this one network
12.4%
Amount from this network
$62,985
Total from all networks
$507,879
Networks contributing
137
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Who funds Crane
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,210,716
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Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
3.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
36.8%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
1
Money that arrived near votes
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.03%
Biggest clusters of timed money
WEBER CHRISTENSEN HEINRICHS LLP
$1K
ATTORNEY
$556
DORSEY WHITNEY LLP
$500
SNELL WILMER LLP
$500
ROTHENBERG FIRM LLP
$127
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$108
BPO USA LLP
$100
EW TAX AND VALUATION LLP
$100
EW TAX AND VALUATION LLP
$100
EW TAX AND VALUATION LLP
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$81K
HOMEMAKER
$43K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$31K
SITE DEVELOPMENT
$28K
HOMEMAKER
$26K
21ST CENTURY HEALTHCARE
$20K
REITRED
$17K
ENTREPRENEUR
$16K
AUTISM ACADEMY
$15K
BASSAIDAI
$14K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$14K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
SBGI
$14K
ARCHER AUTO
$14K
DUCHOSSOIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
BLUFF POINT ASSOCIATES
$13K
INNITECH
$13K
MARWEST
$12K
BEREXCO
$12K
VALMORE GP
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Elijah Crane comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$3.01M
Disclosed outside spending
$2.91M
Dark-money outside spending
$95K
Share that is dark money
3.15%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
AMERICAN DREAM FEDERAL ACTION
$1.28M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.06M
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$726K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$480K
SLF PAC
$466K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$263K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$259K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$251K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
$226K
U.S. CONCEALED CARRY ASSOCIATION FOR SAVING LIVES
$169K
CONSERVATIVE AMERICANS PAC
$120K
SEAL PAC USA
$80K
STAND FOR FREEDOM PAC
$45K
FIREFIGHTERS COALITION OF AMERICA PAC
$29K
AMERICAN MAJORITY ACTION INC.
$19K
Groups that hide their donors
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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Pro-Israel network donors
This counts contributions to this member from individuals whose FEC filings also show contributions to one of the 16 pro-Israel political action committees tracked by the Index. It is a measure of donor overlap — not a claim about why any individual gave, and not part of the influence score.
33 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $548K to Elijah Crane across 172 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$548K
Shared contributors
33
Contributions
172
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 14 | $15K |
| 2024 | 12 | 59 | $16K |
| 2026 | 17 | 99 | $518K |
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Elijah Crane ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
Data: FEC (Federal Election Commission) filings · 118th–119th Congress · lobbying disclosures · VoteView recorded votes
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required