Julia Brownley
Democrat
· CA-26 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · and Wildlife · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Influence Score
58.2
Moderately exposed
↓ -0.5
vs 118th (58.7)
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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
6.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,701,587
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$21,350
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
12.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,019 direct
JSTREETPAC
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $32.67M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $65K.
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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 | 59.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 60.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 58.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 58.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
VETERANS AID PAC
Total money from this network
$706,522
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.
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$52,500
Total from all networks
$2,081,594
Networks contributing
319
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Who funds Brownley
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
5.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
39.4%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SPARAGNA SPARAGNA
$22K
PATAGONIA WORKS
$12K
SINCLAIR
$11K
UCLA
$10K
HAAS AUTOMATION
$9K
DOS ROBLES VINEYARDS
$9K
BENENSON PRODUCTIONS
$9K
CEDAR SINAI HEALTH SYSTEMS
$9K
VCCCD
$8K
H BICUSPID
$8K
HAAS AUTOMATION
$7K
THE RING
$7K
VENTURA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION
$7K
WESTERN PACIFIC MED-
$7K
TRIWEST HEALTHCARE
$7K
BROWN AND GOODKIN
$7K
BLACK ROCK
$7K
BROKAW RANCH
$7K
CEDAR SINAI HEALTH SYSTEMS
$7K
HACKMAN CAPITAL
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Julia Brownley comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$800K
Disclosed outside spending
$800K
Dark-money outside spending
$748
Share that is dark money
0.09%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
VETERANS AID PAC
$912K
AMERICAN VETERANS INITIATIVE PAC
$423K
WOMEN VOTE
$265K
FOOD AND WATER ACTION PAC
$169K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$47K
SLF PAC
$21K
FIREFIGHTERS COALITION OF AMERICA PAC
$13K
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION PAC
$8K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$8K
DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF THE CONEJO VALLEY - FEDERAL
$3K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
PARTY_C00429563
$2K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$740
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
88 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $264K to Julia Brownley across 163 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$264K
Shared contributors
88
Contributions
163
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12 | 20 | $22K |
| 2024 | 78 | 124 | $150K |
| 2026 | 13 | 19 | $92K |
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Julia Brownley sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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