Pete Aguilar
Democrat
· CA-33 · 119th Congress
House Democratic Caucus Chair · House Committee on Appropriations · Housing and Urban Development · and Related Agencies · and Housing and Urban Development · House Committee on House Administration · House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol
Influence Score
89.3
Most exposed
↑ +5.5
vs 118th (83.8)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$11,243
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$157
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.1
/ 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
14.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.0
/ 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
11.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$60,182 direct
JSTREETPAC
$7,450 direct
DMFI PAC
$7,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $137.77M 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 — $276K.
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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 | 76.9 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 76.9 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 83.8 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 89.3 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$108,750
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
1.3%
Amount from this network
$72,500
Total from all networks
$5,506,385
Networks contributing
579
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Who funds Aguilar
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
87.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Extra weight for leadership role
1.25×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.8%
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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
63
Money that arrived near votes
$200K
Distinct donors
93
Distinct employers
50
Share of their total fundraising
3.34%
Biggest clusters of timed money
WELLS FARGO
$12K
WELLS FARGO
$10K
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$7K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$7K
GENERATION IM
$7K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$7K
SABAN CAPITAL
$7K
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$6K
KGI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
$6K
SV ANGEL
$6K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
WELLS FARGO
$35K
GENTEX
$34K
GENTEX
$30K
DAVITA
$27K
GENTEX
$24K
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$19K
THEGROUP
$16K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$16K
STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS
$15K
THE DASCHLE
$14K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$14K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
JORDAN REAL ESTATE
$14K
TELACU
$14K
BGR
$14K
ESRI
$13K
TELACU
$13K
COMCAST
$13K
ESRI
$13K
INVARIANT
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Pete Aguilar comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$27K
Disclosed outside spending
$27K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.03%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
COOPERATIVE OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE
$46K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
REFORM LEADERS PAC
$157
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PAC
$101
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
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.
801 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $3.50M to Pete Aguilar across 1,292 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$3.50M
Shared contributors
801
Contributions
1,292
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 123 | 189 | $259K |
| 2024 | 485 | 619 | $1.42M |
| 2026 | 379 | 484 | $1.82M |
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Pete Aguilar ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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