Donald G. Davis
Democrat
· NC-1 · 119th Congress
Digital Assets (Chair) · and Rural Development (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · Risk Management · and Credit · and Poultry · House Committee on Armed Services
Influence Score
77.6
Highly exposed
↑ +8.0
vs 118th (69.6)
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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
7.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$10,396,958
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,499,105
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
6.9
/ 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
10.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 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
11.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$49,917 direct
DMFI PAC
$9,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.71M 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 — $47K.
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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 | 69.6 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 77.6 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$4,907,942
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
1.7%
Amount from this network
$57,817
Total from all networks
$3,445,023
Networks contributing
578
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Who funds Davis
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
15.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
31.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
MITRE
$217
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
COINBASE
$22K
CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PH
$21K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$21K
BERKSHIRE
$18K
GOOGLE
$14K
CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PH
$13K
TWILIO
$13K
CROWNE
$11K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$10K
C2 STRATEGIES
$10K
INTRAFI
$10K
SAGESURE
$10K
SUTHERLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$10K
TAWANI
$10K
THE BAUPOST
$10K
PALOMA ADVISORS
$10K
CROWNE
$10K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$10K
GREYLOCK
$10K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Donald G. Davis comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$4.60M
Disclosed outside spending
$4.52M
Dark-money outside spending
$84K
Share that is dark money
1.82%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$34K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$2.91M
FAIRSHAKE
$2.28M
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$2.10M
NRCC
$1.45M
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$1.25M
DCCC
$451K
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC
$293K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$288K
A STRONG INNOVATION ECONOMY REQUIRES STRONG IP PROTECTION
$247K
DMFI PAC
$180K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$150K
ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION
$100K
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$71K
WORKING AMERICA
$68K
PATRIOTS FOR A BRIGHTER AMERICA
$44K
Groups that hide their donors
$34K
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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.
1,057 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.49M to Donald G. Davis across 1,294 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.49M
Shared contributors
1,057
Contributions
1,294
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 307 | 325 | $264K |
| 2024 | 637 | 720 | $939K |
| 2026 | 232 | 249 | $287K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Donald G. Davis or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARGARET FRANKLIN | LD, Rep. Al Lawson (D-FL-05) // Senior Leg. Assistant / Acting LD / Legislative … | FULCRUM PUBLIC AFFAIRS LLC | 12 | 28 | 2023–2023 |
| YUL EDWARDS | Legislative Assistant/Chief of Staff, Rep. Danny K. Davis; Legislative Director,… | THORN RUN PARTNERS | 7 | 60 | 2023–2025 |
| A.J. MALICDEM | Senior Advisor, Rep. Don Davis; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. G.K. Butterfield; Di… | FGS GLOBAL (US) LLC (FKA FGH HOLDINGS LLC) | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Donald G. Davis's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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