Delia C. Ramirez
Democrat
· IL-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security · and Accountability · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
43.4
Least exposed
↓ -0.1
vs 118th (43.5)
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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
3.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,433,705
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$802,203
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
9.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$6,100 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $12.44M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $25K.
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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 | 43.5 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 43.4 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WFP IE COMMITTEE
Total money from this network
$505,275
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
3.8%
Amount from this network
$35,500
Total from all networks
$940,011
Networks contributing
158
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Who funds Ramirez
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,963,626
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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
7.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
8.3%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$20K
AYAZZ CONSTRCTION
$14K
COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS
$13K
D ESCOTO
$12K
MEDICAL CENTER
$12K
CHP
$12K
COGAN POWER
$11K
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
$10K
PEDIATRIC HEALTH ASSOCIATES
$10K
SULAIMAN LAW
$10K
UNITY HEALTH CARE
$10K
ORACLE
$10K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$10K
POLK BROS
$9K
CHICAGO CARES
$9K
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$9K
BULL AND BEAR
$8K
TAI GINSBERG ASSOCIATES
$8K
HUGHES SOCOL PIERS RSNICK DYM
$8K
MERCYHEALTH
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Delia C. Ramirez comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.52M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.38M
Dark-money outside spending
$144K
Share that is dark money
9.44%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$507
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$800K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$685K
WOMEN VOTE
$557K
VOTEVETS.ORG ACTION FUND
$330K
DMFI PAC
$287K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$140K
MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PAC
$127K
J STREET ACTION FUND
$120K
MEDICARE FOR ALL
$64K
RESTORATION PAC
$58K
THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY
$39K
PEOPLE'S ACTION POWER
$17K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$12K
UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PAC
$511
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$151
Groups that hide their donors
$112K
$31K
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.
ANNIE MAHON
$330K
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
$75K
LISETTE NIEVES
$15K
JASON BELL
$5K
SANDRA LI
$5K
DAVID SWITZER
$4K
RICHARD PETERSON
$2K
PETER BRADSHAW
$2K
EVE SANDBERG
$2K
LAUREN KEENAN
$2K
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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.
53 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $86K to Delia C. Ramirez across 81 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$86K
Shared contributors
53
Contributions
81
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30 | 40 | $25K |
| 2024 | 16 | 24 | $39K |
| 2026 | 13 | 17 | $22K |
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Delia C. Ramirez 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