Ken Calvert
Republican
· CA-41 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies
Influence Score
84.0
Most exposed
↑ +4.2
vs 118th (79.8)
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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
11.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,762,381
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$17,404,890
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
2.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.2
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$57,227 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$7,679 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $137.10M 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 — $274K.
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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 | 55.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 58.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 79.8 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 84.0 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$4,180,510
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$65,127
Total from all networks
$4,316,396
Networks contributing
591
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Who funds Calvert
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
20.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
8.1%
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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
120
Money that arrived near votes
$286K
Distinct donors
168
Distinct employers
72
Share of their total fundraising
4.13%
Biggest clusters of timed money
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$10K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$7K
HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES
$7K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MNGMT
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$6K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$5K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$51K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$36K
HOMEMAKER
$35K
L3 HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES
$34K
KAREM AIRCRAFT
$33K
LEIDOS
$32K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$30K
GENERAL DYNAMICS
$28K
EO SOLUTIONS
$27K
INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES
$26K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$24K
C3 AI
$23K
INNOVATIVE FEDERAL STRATEGIES
$22K
ASTRANIS
$22K
AM GENERAL
$20K
VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES
$19K
RAJANT
$19K
JOHNSON MACHINERY
$18K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$18K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$18K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ken Calvert comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9.31M
Disclosed outside spending
$8.31M
Dark-money outside spending
$998K
Share that is dark money
10.72%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$974K
Groups hiding their donors
5
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$11.61M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$1.12M
AMERICA PAC
$944K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$919K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$836K
TERM LIMITS ACTION
$744K
DEFEND THE BLUE DOT PAC
$464K
EQUALITY PAC
$340K
CFF
$337K
WELCOMEPAC
$325K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$248K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$240K
DEFEAT SEDITIONISTS
$202K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$200K
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA VOTES
$106K
Groups that hide their donors
$410K
1 smaller group under $500
$11
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
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
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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.
431 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.36M to Ken Calvert across 626 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.36M
Shared contributors
431
Contributions
626
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 62 | 76 | $315K |
| 2024 | 336 | 390 | $531K |
| 2026 | 104 | 160 | $515K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Ken Calvert or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMILY MURRY | Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Health, W&M Cmte; Sr. Policy Advisor Majority Leader M… | TARPLIN, DOWNS & YOUNG, LLC | 42 | 450 | 2023–2025 |
| MARIA BOWIE | Representative Tom Cole, Deputy Chief of Staff and Appropriations Associate Repr… | STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS | 21 | 156 | 2023–2025 |
| DAVE RAMEY | Rep. Ken Calvert (1993 - October 2016) - Chief of Staff | KADESH & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 18 | 139 | 2023–2025 |
| EMILY MURRY | Staff Dir., Sub. Cmte. on Helath, Ways and Means Cmte; Sr. Policy Adivsor, Maj. … | CULINA HEALTH | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Ken Calvert 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