Daniel T Kildee
Democrat
· MI-8 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$4,638,248
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$4,266 direct
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Kildee
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
INSIGHT
$19K
HEMLOCK SEMICONDUCTOR
$15K
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
$15K
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$14K
INSIGHT
$13K
SORENSEN GROSS CONSTRUCTION
$13K
MOTLEY RICE
$12K
ROCKET MORTGAGE
$12K
CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PH
$12K
LAUDER
$12K
CORNING
$12K
DOW CHEMICAL
$9K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$9K
GFP REAL ESTATE
$9K
TWILIO
$9K
ASCENSION
$8K
GOODMAN ACKER
$8K
DOW
$8K
EVERGREEN MONEY
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Daniel T Kildee comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5.19M
Disclosed outside spending
$4.88M
Dark-money outside spending
$306K
Share that is dark money
5.90%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$306K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
NRCC
$3.44M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$2.71M
SLF PAC
$1.20M
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$520K
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC
$357K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$307K
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$300K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$158K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$152K
DCCC
$51K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$49K
WORKING AMERICA
$25K
THE SIX PAC
$12K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$4K
COMMUNITY CHANGE VOTERS
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
$150K
$76K
$67K
$12K
2 smaller groups under $500
$96
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.
DCCC
$2.06M
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC
$145K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$111K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$110K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$96K
PAT RYAN FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GABE VASQUEZ FOR CONGRESS
$60K
TERESA FOR ALL
$43K
DARREN SOTO FOR CONGRESS
$28K
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO
$41K
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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.
77 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $303K to Daniel T Kildee across 127 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$303K
Shared contributors
77
Contributions
127
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 67 | 94 | $73K |
| 2024 | 15 | 26 | $207K |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 | $22K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Daniel T Kildee or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LARRY ROSENTHAL | Chief of Staff, National Indian Gaming Commission Deputy Chief of Staff, Congres… | SPIRIT ROCK CONSULTING | 7 | 26 | 2023–2024 |
| MARGARET RANDOLPH | 2010-2013, Senior Legislative Assistant (Rep. Dale Kildee); 2007-2008, Staff Ass… | TRINITY HEALTH | 1 | 13 | 2023–2025 |
| COURTNEY KNIGHT | Intern, Rep. Debbie Dingell; Professional Staff/Policy Analyst, Senate Committee… | WK KELLOGG CO. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| JORDAN DICKINSON | Deputy Chief of Staff and other positions, Rep. Dan Kildee | TARGET CORPORATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| SCOTT KUSCHMIDER | Senior Professional Staff, Subcommittee Staff Director, Professional Staff, U.S.… | ATTICUS, LLC | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
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Daniel T Kildee is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low 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