Mark Takano
Democrat
· CA-39 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Chair) · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Pensions
Influence Score
55.7
Moderately exposed
↑ +0.3
vs 118th (55.4)
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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
3.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$283,716
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
4.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 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
12.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$4,450 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $17.19M 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 — $34K.
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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 | 59.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 55.4 | 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
EQUALITY PROJECT PAC
Total money from this network
$156,123
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.
Network
EQUALITY PAC
Share from this one network
3.7%
Amount from this network
$42,500
Total from all networks
$1,144,358
Networks contributing
182
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Who funds Takano
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$943,666
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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
3.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
2
Money that arrived near votes
$2K
Distinct donors
4
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.21%
Biggest clusters of timed money
MORENO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
$1K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE
$1K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$500
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$250
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$250
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$250
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
$250
JURUPA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
$220
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON
$130
CAL STATE UNIVERSITY FULLERTON
$50
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
PAFCO
$13K
ESRI
$13K
OPTIMUM
$12K
VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS
$12K
VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS
$12K
ROYAL BUSINESS BANK
$10K
COLDWELL BANKER REALTY
$10K
BROOKHILL
$9K
KELLER ANDERLE LLP
$9K
ESRI
$8K
THOMAS SAFRAN ASSOCIATES
$8K
KELLER ANDERLE SCOLNICK LLP
$7K
VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS
$7K
WELLS FARGO
$7K
BROOKHILL
$7K
HOSATO
$7K
INTCO MEDICAL INDUSTRIES
$7K
NEW PACIFIC REALTY AR ASSET MGGMT I
$7K
QUALITY REIMBURSEMENT SERVICE
$7K
ROYAL BUSINESS BANK
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mark Takano comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$143K
Disclosed outside spending
$143K
Dark-money outside spending
$62
Share that is dark money
0.04%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$54
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
EQUALITY PROJECT PAC
$282K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST PAC
$11K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRATS OF SOUTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY
$625
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
TEMECULA VALLEY DEMOCRATS
$80
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
LCV VICTORY FUND
$55
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$12
DIGNITY CA SEIU LOCAL 2015
$7
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$62
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.
56 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $279K to Mark Takano across 113 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$279K
Shared contributors
56
Contributions
113
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 28 | $38K |
| 2024 | 48 | 71 | $219K |
| 2026 | 11 | 14 | $22K |
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Mark Takano 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