Emilia Strong Sykes
Democrat
· OH-13 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Science (Chair) · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
63.8
Moderately exposed
↑ +10.0
vs 118th (53.8)
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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
8.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,959,483
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$18,858,207
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
8.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 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
9.0
/ 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
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$28,630 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$24,997 direct
DMFI PAC
$6,000 direct · $2,040 outside spending
CITYPAC
$750 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.85M 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 — $70K.
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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 | 53.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.8 | Moderately 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
$3,762,662
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
ILLINOIS FUTURE PAC
Share from this one network
2.1%
Amount from this network
$58,500
Total from all networks
$2,762,294
Networks contributing
473
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Who funds Sykes
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$6,462,551
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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
11.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
24.7%
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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
5
Money that arrived near votes
$14K
Distinct donors
6
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
0.37%
Biggest clusters of timed money
TWILIO
$7K
GLOBAL PETROLEUM
$3K
APPLE
$2K
GOOGLE
$1K
NANOIMAGING SERVICES RISE UP SOLAR
$1K
GOOGLE
$800
MICROSOFT
$800
AIRLINES FOR AMERICA
$500
GOOGLE
$500
INTEL
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CHARLES AND LYNN SCHUSTERMAN FAMILY PH
$13K
WALNUT RIDGE
$11K
INSIGHT
$10K
Q PRIME
$10K
GOOGLE
$9K
G STEPHENS
$9K
GREYLOCK
$9K
TURTLE PLASTICS
$8K
CAPITAL
$8K
SUMMA HEALTH
$7K
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
$7K
PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
$7K
ABELSONTAYLOR
$7K
DE SHAW
$7K
GIVE FORWARD
$7K
INTRAFI
$7K
MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
$7K
MEDIQUANT
$7K
PIVOTAL VENTURES
$7K
Q PRIME
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Emilia Strong Sykes comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$16.23M
Disclosed outside spending
$14.49M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.74M
Share that is dark money
10.74%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$519K
Groups hiding their donors
15
By funding network
NRCC
$9.82M
SLF PAC
$7.94M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.87M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.10M
AMERICA PAC
$503K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$492K
DCCC
$479K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$404K
OHIO ORGANIZING CAMPAIGN
$306K
PROGRESSIVE PROMISE
$250K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$109K
TOGETHER FOR OHIO'S FUTURE PAC
$103K
WORKING AMERICA
$86K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
$70K
NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITY
$70K
Groups that hide their donors
$965K
$143K
$55K
$43K
$43K
$29K
2 smaller groups under $500
$189
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.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$16.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
DCCC
$439K
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
FRIENDS OF JAHANA HAYES
$146K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$101K
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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.
168 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $281K to Emilia Strong Sykes across 277 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$281K
Shared contributors
168
Contributions
277
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34 | 55 | $34K |
| 2024 | 100 | 144 | $162K |
| 2026 | 66 | 78 | $84K |
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Emilia Strong Sykes 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