Mark E. Amodei
Republican
· NV-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · House Committee on Natural Resources
Influence Score
56.9
Moderately exposed
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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
4.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,659,920
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$190,134
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.8
/ 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
10.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.0
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $155.30M 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 — $311K.
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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 | 54.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 45.0 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 38.0 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 56.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
Total money from this network
$510,050
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
MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL PAC
Share from this one network
3.1%
Amount from this network
$35,000
Total from all networks
$1,140,016
Networks contributing
224
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Who funds Amodei
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,389,020
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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
94.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
57.2%
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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
10
Money that arrived near votes
$28K
Distinct donors
16
Distinct employers
9
Share of their total fundraising
3.11%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
BRIGGS ELECTRIC
$3K
GOLDEN GATE PETROLEUM OF NV
$2K
ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES
$2K
VERTEX CHEMICAL
$2K
FIRST INDEPENDENT BANK
$2K
VERTEX CHEMICAL
$2K
WELLS FARGO BANK
$2K
NEVADA TRUCKING
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
PEPPERMILL CASINO
$23K
MERUELO
$20K
BEAVERFIT
$18K
DI LORETO CONSTRUCTION AND DEV
$18K
HOMEMAKER
$18K
CASHELL
$12K
HOMEMAKER
$12K
VERTEX CHEMICAL
$12K
SIERRA NEVADA
$11K
ATS COMMUNICATIONS
$10K
PEAK CAPITAL
$10K
SAVAGE AND SON
$10K
CASSIDY AND ASSOCIATES
$10K
HARTMAN HARTMAN
$10K
BODINES CASINO
$10K
CLEARPATH
$10K
KEYES MOTORS
$10K
PEAK CAPITAL
$10K
ROCKY FITNESS
$10K
ROCKY RESEARCH
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mark E. Amodei comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$655K
Disclosed outside spending
$649K
Dark-money outside spending
$6K
Share that is dark money
0.89%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$4K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
POLICE OFFICERS DEFENSE ALLIANCE PAC
$981K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$510K
FIREFIGHTERS COALITION OF AMERICA PAC
$154K
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS INC.
$149K
AMERICA FIRST VOICES
$144K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$52K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$13K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$10K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$6K
LIBERTY FIRST USA
$2K
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION POLITICAL EDUCATION AND ACTION FUND
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$141
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.
48 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $72K to Mark E. Amodei across 66 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$72K
Shared contributors
48
Contributions
66
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 29 | $29K |
| 2024 | 32 | 34 | $39K |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $4K |
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Mark E. Amodei 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