Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Democrat
· CA-37 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet
Influence Score
57.7
Moderately exposed
↑ +3.0
vs 118th (54.7)
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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
3.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,716,744
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
4.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.4
/ 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
6.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$4,325 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.63M 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 — $63K.
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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 | 54.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 57.7 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
GMI PAC, INC.
Total money from this network
$662,030
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
$30,000
Total from all networks
$1,219,911
Networks contributing
210
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Who funds Kamlager-Dove
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
92.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
79.3%
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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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$7K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.86%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GOOGLE
$3K
ROXBOROUGH POMERANCE NYE LLP
$3K
HARDWICK LAW FIRM
$1K
AMAZON
$750
HOLLAND KNIGHT LLP
$500
LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT BROWN
$500
LOCKE LORD LLP
$500
SLACK GLOBAL CONSULTING
$500
TIKTOK
$500
ARNOLD PORTER
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
THE VISTRIA
$22K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$15K
JACK SHAINMAN GALLERY
$10K
BRIAN DROR CPA
$10K
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO
$9K
OPTIMUM SEISMIC
$8K
LOOP CAPITAL
$7K
WASSERMAN
$7K
BET MEDIA
$7K
BLACKIVY
$7K
CHICAGO CRED
$7K
KARLA JURVETSON
$7K
ROBSON ORR ENTERTAINMENT
$7K
THOMAS SAFRAN ASSOCIATES
$7K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES
$6K
TREEHOUSE -LIVING
$6K
VIVE CONCIERGE
$6K
AHS
$6K
CHERYL LYNN BRUCE
$6K
KARLA JURVETSON
$6K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Sydney Kamlager-Dove comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$1.00M
GMI PAC, INC.
$883K
DAO FOR AMERICA
$455K
PENN PROGRESS, INC.
$179K
DMFI PAC
$177K
COOPERATIVE OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE
$18K
CULVER CITY DEMOCRATS UNITED
$2K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$1K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCACY PROJECT LOS ANGELES COUNTY ACTION FUND
$443
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$203
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
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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.
99 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $499K to Sydney Kamlager-Dove across 163 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$499K
Shared contributors
99
Contributions
163
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 45 | 57 | $65K |
| 2024 | 43 | 70 | $332K |
| 2026 | 29 | 36 | $103K |
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Sydney Kamlager-Dove 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