Nick Lalota
Republican
· NY-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Veterans Affairs · and Related Agencies · House Committee on Homeland Security · and Accountability
Influence Score
69.0
Moderately exposed
↑ +5.4
vs 118th (63.6)
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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
6.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$550,718
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$3,874,292
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.5
/ 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
11.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.2
/ 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
9.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$28,154 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$3,732 direct
NORPAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $140.78M 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 — $282K.
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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 | 63.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 69.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$215,745
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
LAWLER FOR CONGRESS, INC.
Share from this one network
1.4%
Amount from this network
$30,800
Total from all networks
$2,164,711
Networks contributing
390
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Who funds Lalota
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,692,590
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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
89.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
97.8%
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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
48
Money that arrived near votes
$139K
Distinct donors
67
Distinct employers
34
Share of their total fundraising
3.16%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$7K
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$7K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
PAYROLL INSURANCE
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$5K
KHOSLA VENTURES
$4K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$62K
HOMEMAKER
$61K
BLACKSTONE
$47K
HOMEMAKER
$38K
VALMORE GP
$26K
PHYSICIAN
$24K
ATTORNEY
$24K
PIA CAPITAL
$23K
CEO
$20K
PRESIDENT
$20K
EDW C LEVY
$18K
FIRE ISLAND FERRIES
$18K
ENTREPRENEUR
$18K
EDW C LEVY
$16K
CEO
$16K
AETNA SERVICES
$16K
CASTLE HARLAN
$16K
RED APPLE
$16K
NEW MOUNTAIN CAPITAL
$14K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$14K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Nick Lalota comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$2.89M
Disclosed outside spending
$2.60M
Dark-money outside spending
$292K
Share that is dark money
10.08%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$4K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
WELCOMEPAC
$2.55M
AMERICA PAC
$731K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$303K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$287K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$256K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
$105K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$78K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$61K
SEAL PAC USA
$20K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$13K
THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUND
$12K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$4K
1199 SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS EAST FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$4K
SLF PAC
$2K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
$287K
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
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6.10M
JEFF YASS
$243.01M
VIRGINIA JAMES
$30.65M
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
$21.90M
BRETT HENDRICKSON
$1.02M
ROGER HERTOG
$675K
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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.
104 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.15M to Nick Lalota across 222 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.15M
Shared contributors
104
Contributions
222
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 21 | 26 | $37K |
| 2024 | 81 | 138 | $409K |
| 2026 | 32 | 58 | $700K |
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Nick Lalota 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