Rudy Yakym Iii
Republican
· IN-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · House Committee on Ways and Means
Influence Score
66.6
Moderately exposed
↑ +20.2
vs 118th (46.4)
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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
4.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$150,493
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
8.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.1
/ 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
12.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.0
/ 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
8.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$23,873 direct
CITYPAC
$500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $60.01M 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 — $120K.
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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 | 18.7 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 46.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 66.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$38,250
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.
Share from this one network
1.8%
Amount from this network
$33,873
Total from all networks
$1,926,859
Networks contributing
399
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Who funds Iii
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
1.3%
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
9
Money that arrived near votes
$24K
Distinct donors
13
Distinct employers
9
Share of their total fundraising
0.90%
Biggest clusters of timed money
KORHORN FINANCIAL
$7K
OLD DOMINION FREIGHT LINE
$6K
SILVEUS INSURANCE
$3K
GCM GROSVENOR
$2K
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
$2K
BLACKROCK
$1K
HERITAGE FINANCIAL
$1K
PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
$1K
TOTAL INSURANCE
$1K
1ST SOURCE BANK
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
JAYCO
$56K
ROLLIE WILLIAMS
$46K
KKR
$35K
DARYLE DODEN PERSONAL FINANCES
$30K
HOMEMAKER
$29K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$27K
BCI SOLUTIONS
$27K
THOR INDUSTRIES
$26K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$25K
BRINKLEY RV
$23K
BRINKLEY RV
$21K
SSM HEALTH
$20K
JAYCO
$20K
KPS CAPITAL
$20K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$20K
SMOKER CRAFT
$18K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$18K
SMOKER CRAFT
$17K
ACCURATE CASTINGS
$16K
FOREST RIVER
$16K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Rudy Yakym Iii comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
$150K
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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.
169 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $807K to Rudy Yakym Iii across 333 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$807K
Shared contributors
169
Contributions
333
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 15 | $19K |
| 2024 | 55 | 93 | $130K |
| 2026 | 125 | 225 | $659K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Rudy Yakym Iii or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN SIMONETTI | Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Claudia Tenney; Senior Advisor, Rep. Rudy Yakym; Sen… | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | 1 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
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Rudy Yakym Iii 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