Robert Garcia
Democrat
· CA-42 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Chair) · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
58.2
Moderately exposed
↑ +1.3
vs 118th (56.9)
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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
3.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,702,759
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
9.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.1
/ 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
11.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.4
/ 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
6.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$7,750 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $27.53M 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 — $55K.
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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 | 56.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 58.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
EQUALITY PAC
Total money from this network
$235,878
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
3.5%
Amount from this network
$40,000
Total from all networks
$1,147,953
Networks contributing
227
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Who funds Garcia
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,392,494
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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
3.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
68.7%
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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
1
Money that arrived near votes
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.10%
Biggest clusters of timed money
OLIVAREZ MADRUGA LEMIEUX NEILL LLP
$1K
JOHNSTON HUTCHINSON LLP
$500
ALASKA AIRLINES
$20
ALASKA AIRLINES
$20
ALASKA AIRLINES
$20
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
TIPTOP ANETHERSIC
$23K
WATERFORD PROPERTY
$20K
SHANGRI-LA INDUSTRIES
$17K
CURTIN MARITIME
$16K
INTEGRAL COMMUNITIES
$14K
WATERFORD PROPERTY
$14K
BEVERLY CONNECTION ROCKETS
$14K
INVARIANT
$14K
BEACH FRONT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
$13K
SHANGRI-LA INDUSTRIES
$13K
BILLIE JEAN KING
$12K
REAL ESTATE LAW LLP
$12K
AILO LOGISTICS
$11K
HARBOR GLOBAL
$10K
STAND UP AMERICA
$10K
WASSERMAN
$10K
LYON LIVING
$10K
ALLOY
$10K
INSITE PROPERTY
$10K
PATTERSON PLANNING SERVICES
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Robert Garcia comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$2.87M
GMI PAC, INC.
$463K
CALIFORNIANS FOR SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
$209K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$158K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$709
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCACY PROJECT LOS ANGELES COUNTY ACTION FUND
$311
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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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.
197 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $569K to Robert Garcia across 263 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$569K
Shared contributors
197
Contributions
263
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 117 | 120 | $118K |
| 2024 | 59 | 77 | $334K |
| 2026 | 51 | 66 | $117K |
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Robert Garcia 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