Byron Donalds
Republican
· FL-19 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Energy Policy · and Regulatory Affairs · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access · and Regulations · House Committee on the Budget · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
Influence Score
50.0
Least exposed
↓ -8.7
vs 118th (58.7)
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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
2.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$597,634
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$35,000
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.5
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.3
/ 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
12.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,010 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,488 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $19.93M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $40K.
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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 | 63.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 58.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 50.0 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$26,250
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
LATINOS FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES
Share from this one network
5.6%
Amount from this network
$56,350
Total from all networks
$1,007,539
Networks contributing
204
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Who funds Donalds
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,070,372
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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
4.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
16
Money that arrived near votes
$56K
Distinct donors
25
Distinct employers
15
Share of their total fundraising
1.21%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
BOULOS ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
IL HEDGE
$7K
FIRST BANK
$5K
RYAN SPECIALTY
$5K
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$3K
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES
$3K
AMSCOT FINANCIAL
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$73K
HOMEMAKER
$66K
ROBINHOOD MARKETS
$27K
ENTREPRENEUR
$21K
WELSH CARSON ANDERSON STOWE
$14K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$13K
NEXTGEN MANAGEMENT
$13K
INVESTMENTS
$12K
ENTREPRENEUR
$11K
NELSON MULLINS
$10K
AUDAX
$10K
CRAFT VENTURES
$10K
CRISWELL AUTOMOTIVE
$10K
DESERT ROYALTY
$10K
DMM PROPRIETA MANAGEMENT
$10K
DRW
$10K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$10K
KASEYA US SALES
$10K
MICRO STAMPING
$10K
O BRIEN AUTOMOTIVE TEAM
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Byron Donalds comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$2.78M
ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICA
$493K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$472K
HONESTY AMERICA, INC
$276K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$200K
CONCERNED CONSERVATIVES, INC.
$86K
AMERICAN LIBERTY FUND
$67K
NEW JOURNEY PAC, INC.
$67K
LATINOS FOR CONSERVATIVE VALUES
$56K
SLF PAC
$36K
THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION
$35K
FRIENDS OF MIA LOVE PAC
$16K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$8K
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$7K
FREEDOMWORKS FOR AMERICA
$5K
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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.
148 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $686K to Byron Donalds across 240 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$686K
Shared contributors
148
Contributions
240
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 98 | 141 | $451K |
| 2024 | 62 | 97 | $235K |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | $600 |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Byron Donalds or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NICK RAINERI | Rep. Jim Banks, Director of Member Services Main Street Caucus, Executive Direct… | TSG ADVOCATES DC, LLC | 7 | 7 | 2025–2025 |
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Byron Donalds ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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