Mike Flood
Republican
· NE-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services
Influence Score
39.6
Least exposed
↑ +4.4
vs 118th (35.2)
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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
5.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$505,891
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$438,203
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
7.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
5.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,504 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $9.27M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, China, South Korea. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $19K.
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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 | 4.4 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 35.2 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 39.6 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$126,740
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
NEBRASKA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
Share from this one network
2.1%
Amount from this network
$46,250
Total from all networks
$2,208,974
Networks contributing
334
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Who funds Flood
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,469,111
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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
5.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
85.3%
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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
31
Money that arrived near votes
$78K
Distinct donors
39
Distinct employers
22
Share of their total fundraising
6.87%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$5K
ROUTE ONE INVESTMENT
$5K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$4K
PHYSICIANS MUTUAL INSURANCE
$4K
AGRI-CITY INSURANCE
$3K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
CORNHUSKER BANK
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$88K
HOMEMAKER
$49K
HOMEMAKER
$38K
DINKEL IMPLEMENT
$29K
CRETE CARRIER
$26K
HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION
$25K
CRETE CARRIER
$25K
CASSLING
$23K
CASSLING
$23K
TENASKA
$18K
CRETE CARRIER
$17K
DINKEL IMPLEMENT
$16K
HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION
$16K
WILKE FARMS
$14K
BAXTER AUTO
$14K
HAWKINS CONSTRUCTION
$14K
SANDHILLS PUBLISHING
$14K
SUMMIT AGRICULTURAL
$14K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
NORFOLK IRON AND METAL
$13K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mike Flood comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$555K
Disclosed outside spending
$527K
Dark-money outside spending
$28K
Share that is dark money
5.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$3K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
AMERICAN FUTURE FUND POLITICAL ACTION
$438K
FAIRSHAKE
$253K
BIG RED LEADERSHIP PAC
$170K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$50K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$26K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$7K
Groups that hide their donors
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
21 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $34K to Mike Flood across 26 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$34K
Shared contributors
21
Contributions
26
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | $11K |
| 2024 | 11 | 12 | $13K |
| 2026 | 4 | 7 | $10K |
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Mike Flood 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