Morgan Mcgarvey
Democrat
· KY-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access · and Workforce Development · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
69.3
Moderately exposed
↓ -0.7
vs 118th (70.0)
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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
5.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,053,842
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
6.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.6
/ 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
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 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
$25,211 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $134.56M 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 — $269K.
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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 | 70.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 69.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DUTY TO AMERICA PAC
Total money from this network
$40,000
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
2.1%
Amount from this network
$33,111
Total from all networks
$1,610,167
Networks contributing
275
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Who funds Mcgarvey
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
3.1%
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
26
Money that arrived near votes
$46K
Distinct donors
35
Distinct employers
20
Share of their total fundraising
2.43%
Biggest clusters of timed money
NORTON HEALTHCARE
$4K
EDELEN RENEWABLES
$3K
FIRST STATE BANK
$3K
FIRST STATE BANK
$3K
GENWORTH FINANCIAL
$3K
GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
$3K
NORTON HEALTHCARE
$3K
REPUBLIC BANK
$2K
STOCK YARDS BANK
$2K
BRIGADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FROST BROWN TODD
$36K
NORTON HEALTHCARE
$25K
BROWN-FORMAN
$22K
THE KIDZ CLUB
$22K
CHURCHILL DOWNS
$18K
NORTON HEALTHCARE
$16K
BROWN-FORMAN
$15K
GOLDBERG SIMPSON
$15K
DANNY WIMMER PRESENTS
$15K
SOLAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS
$14K
GOLDBERG SIMPSON
$13K
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
$13K
BAPTIST HEALTH
$12K
MCCARTHY STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS
$12K
COUTEAU GROVE FARMS
$12K
LDG DEVELOPMENT
$11K
WYATT TARRANT COMBS LLP
$11K
HEAVEN HILL
$11K
REPUBLIC BANK
$10K
YUM BRANDS
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Morgan Mcgarvey comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$1.94M
DMFI PAC
$104K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$6K
USW WORKS
$267
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$257
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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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.
72 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $438K to Morgan Mcgarvey across 100 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$438K
Shared contributors
72
Contributions
100
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 27 | 29 | $54K |
| 2024 | 54 | 64 | $214K |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 | $170K |
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Morgan Mcgarvey 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