Kevin Mullin
Democrat
· CA-15 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade
Influence Score
55.7
Moderately exposed
↓ -0.1
vs 118th (55.8)
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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
2.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$848,651
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.1
/ 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
11.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$7,500 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,001 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.44M 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 — $69K.
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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 | 55.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 55.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
Total money from this network
$588,681
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
$25,000
Total from all networks
$981,775
Networks contributing
197
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Who funds Mullin
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
1.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.3%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
BOYETT PETROLEUM
$500
BOYETT PETROLEUM
$500
TESLA ENERGY
$250
TESLA ENERGY
$250
TESLA ENERGY
$250
WHITE HAT RENEWABLES
$250
TESLA ENERGY
$100
KAISER PERMANENTE
$99
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
COTCHETT PITRE MCCARTHY LLP
$25K
GENENTECH
$18K
ARTICHOKE JOES
$16K
GILEAD SCIENCES
$12K
COTCHETT PITRE MCCARTHY
$12K
GENENTECH
$12K
CHC
$10K
FREEDOM FINANCIAL NETWORK
$9K
HOWARD PROPERTIES
$9K
PETER J MANDELL MD PC
$9K
BLACKHAWK NETWORK
$8K
COTCHETT PITRE MCCARTHY
$7K
KLEINER PERKINS CAUFIELD BYERS
$7K
FOSTER INTERSTATE MEDIA
$7K
PETER J MANDELL MD PC
$7K
SKYKNIGHT CAPITAL
$7K
CHS DEVELOPMENT
$6K
WELLS FARGO
$6K
BROADWAY MECHANICAL
$6K
COUTY OF SAN MATEO OFFICE OF SUSTAINAB
$6K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kevin Mullin comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$730K
Disclosed outside spending
$718K
Dark-money outside spending
$12K
Share that is dark money
1.67%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$589K
GMI PAC, INC.
$212K
DMFI PAC
$28K
DGA ACTION
$12K
PARTY_C00392928
$4K
ALICE B. TOKLAS LGBTQ DEMOCRATIC CLUB FEDERAL PAC
$3K
COMMONWEALTH COURAGE PAC
$889
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$871
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
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.
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS
$106.15M
GLORIA PAGE
$104K
PECHANGA BAND OF INDIANS
$55K
PETER JOSEPH
$24K
MARK SQUIRE
$20K
RUDY SALAS FOR CONGRESS
$18K
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
$2.13M
CHRIS LARSEN
$110K
FEDERATED INDIANS OF GRATON RANCHERIA
$97K
DAVID COLES
$86K
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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.
76 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $163K to Kevin Mullin across 229 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$163K
Shared contributors
76
Contributions
229
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 50 | 192 | $131K |
| 2024 | 19 | 26 | $27K |
| 2026 | 10 | 11 | $6K |
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Kevin Mullin 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