Gabe Vasquez
Democrat
· NM-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Biotechnology · House Committee on Armed Services
Influence Score
60.8
Moderately exposed
↑ +13.1
vs 118th (47.7)
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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
7.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,524,622
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$19,326,063
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
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.2
/ 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
9.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.8
/ 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
3.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$51,177 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 | 47.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.8 | Moderately 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
$2,703,658
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
J STREET ACTION FUND
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$53,677
Total from all networks
$2,418,258
Networks contributing
415
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Who funds Vasquez
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,851,254
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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
9.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
21.2%
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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
TYSON FOODS
$500
MITRE
$217
LARRY G MARSHALL FARM BUREAU
$25
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SINGLETON SCHREIBER
$36K
MCGINN MONTOYA LOVE CURRY
$24K
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
$24K
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
$21K
WESTERN CONSERVATION
$16K
SINGLETON SCHREIBER LLP
$14K
NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY
$14K
MCGINN MONTOYA LOVE CURRY PA
$13K
DIAMOND A RANCH
$13K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$12K
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
$10K
INSIGHT
$10K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$10K
Q PRIME
$10K
NEW MEXICO CANCER CENTER
$10K
THE BAUPOST
$10K
GOOGLE
$9K
ALSOP LOUIE
$9K
GREYLOCK
$9K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Gabe Vasquez comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$13.75M
Disclosed outside spending
$12.20M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.55M
Share that is dark money
11.28%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$545K
Groups hiding their donors
12
By funding network
NRCC
$8.36M
SLF PAC
$6.49M
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$1.39M
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$1.38M
TOGETHER MOVING MOUNTAINS NEW MEXICO
$954K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$892K
ELANCO US INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ('ELANCO PAC')
$700K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$610K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$504K
AMERICA PAC
$382K
BLUE CD2 NEW MEXICO USA
$318K
SAFER NM COMMUNITIES
$137K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$102K
THE L & C COALITION
$100K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$93K
Groups that hide their donors
$697K
$260K
$51K
$34K
$34K
$24K
2 smaller groups under $500
$870
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.
TAMMY BALDWIN FOR SENATE
$29K
MARTIN HEINRICH FOR SENATE
$19K
DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESS
$16K
PINGREE FOR CONGRESS
$12K
BANKS FOR SENATE
$73K
DAVID KINARD
$61K
BOBBY MODI
$57K
TODD YOUNG
$53K
THOMAS A BARRON
$45K
CARL FERENBACH
$45K
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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.
105 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $228K to Gabe Vasquez across 209 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$228K
Shared contributors
105
Contributions
209
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 | 24 | $33K |
| 2024 | 73 | 112 | $125K |
| 2026 | 52 | 73 | $70K |
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Gabe Vasquez 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