Marcy Kaptur
Democrat
· OH-9 · 119th Congress
and Related Agencies (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Committee on the Budget · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
Influence Score
89.0
Most exposed
↑ +10.2
vs 118th (78.8)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,658,560
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$10,410,231
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.2
/ 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
12.3
/ 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
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$27,915 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $261.53M 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 — $523K.
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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 | 62.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 75.4 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 78.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 89.0 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
LCV VICTORY FUND
Total money from this network
$3,064,352
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
1.6%
Amount from this network
$57,000
Total from all networks
$3,505,234
Networks contributing
497
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Who funds Kaptur
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$6,179,713
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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
12.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
28.5%
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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
$116K
Distinct donors
57
Distinct employers
37
Share of their total fundraising
3.45%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GREYLOCK
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
TWILIO
$7K
BAIN CAPITAL
$3K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$3K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$3K
BLOOMBERG
$3K
CENTERVIEW
$3K
CENTERVIEW
$3K
D E SHAW RESEARCH
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
NO EMPLOYER
$19K
NO EMPLOYER
$15K
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
$13K
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO
$12K
TURTLE PLASTICS
$12K
THE DASCHLE
$12K
PROMEDICA
$12K
CONLON PUBLIC STRATEGIES
$10K
CARNEGIE
$10K
COUNCIL ON STRATEGIC RISKS
$10K
INSIGHT
$10K
MORINO VENTURES
$10K
RMS INVESTMENT
$10K
PALOMA ADVISORS
$10K
CLEVELAND-CLIFFS
$9K
PARKER STEEL
$8K
BCI
$8K
FIRST SOLAR
$8K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$8K
THE DASCHLE
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Marcy Kaptur comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$8.96M
Disclosed outside spending
$7.15M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.81M
Share that is dark money
20.22%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$401K
Groups hiding their donors
16
By funding network
SLF PAC
$4.28M
NRCC
$3.28M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.24M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$1.14M
DCCC
$695K
THE SENTINEL ACTION FUND
$585K
DRAIN THE DC SWAMP PAC
$564K
PUBLIC WISE PAC
$420K
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC
$417K
AMERICA PAC
$410K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$398K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$219K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$122K
WORKING AMERICA
$119K
OHIO CITIZEN ACTION
$39K
Groups that hide their donors
$679K
$349K
$292K
$109K
$60K
$19K
$14K
2 smaller groups under $500
$473
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.
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
BITCOIN FREEDOM PAC
$114K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$84K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$82K
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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.
87 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $226K to Marcy Kaptur across 178 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$226K
Shared contributors
87
Contributions
178
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 43 | 56 | $67K |
| 2024 | 41 | 74 | $104K |
| 2026 | 35 | 48 | $54K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Marcy Kaptur or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROGER SZEMRAJ | House Appropriations Committee; Office of Rep. Marcy Kaptur | OLSSON, FRANK, WEEDA, TERMAN & MATZ, PC | 6 | 48 | 2023–2025 |
| ALLISON JARUS | Chief of Staff, Rep. Mike Quigley (2021-24); Leg Dir, Rep. Quigley (2019-21); Sr… | ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP | 3 | 3 | 2025–2025 |
| SHAWN FERGUSON | Senior Advisor to the Senator, Senator Kent Conrad Legislative Director, Represe… | SPECIAL OLYMPICS, INC. | 1 | 13 | 2023–2025 |
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Marcy Kaptur ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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