David P. Joyce
Republican
· OH-14 · 119th Congress
and Related Agencies (Chair) · House Committee on Appropriations · Housing and Urban Development · House Committee on Ethics · House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress
Influence Score
68.8
Moderately exposed
↑ +0.7
vs 118th (68.1)
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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
11.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$112,508
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.5
/ 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
11.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.8
/ 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
6.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$7,504 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $148.93M 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 — $298K.
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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 | 59.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 68.1 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 68.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$110,000
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.
Share from this one network
1.6%
Amount from this network
$55,000
Total from all networks
$3,437,263
Networks contributing
488
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Who funds Joyce
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
93.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
11
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
2.86%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
BANK OZK
$3K
STEPHENS
$3K
CORRIGAN AND USSERY LLP
$2K
PRIVATE UNIVERSITY
$2K
BANK POLICY INSTITUTE
$1K
BLACKSTONE
$1K
JONES DAY
$1K
KELLEY DRYE AND WARREN LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GEO
$32K
MBE VENTURES
$18K
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$15K
GROSS BUILDERS
$12K
MBE VENTURES
$12K
RONYAK PAVING
$11K
THE GEO
$10K
MICHAEL HIGDON
$9K
CRESCO LABS
$8K
JFD LANDSCAPES
$8K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$8K
HOMEMAKER
$8K
LNE
$8K
HOLLAND KNIGHT
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
K D
$7K
S-3
$7K
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES
$7K
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$7K
ARROW INTERNATIONAL
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against David P. Joyce comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$39K
Disclosed outside spending
$36K
Dark-money outside spending
$2K
Share that is dark money
5.99%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)
$505K
NEW LEADERS 2024
$136K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$120K
CENTER FORWARD INITIATIVE INC
$63K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$34K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$32K
PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS PAC
$12K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$5K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$927
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$672
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$506
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
93 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $245K to David P. Joyce across 146 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$245K
Shared contributors
93
Contributions
146
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 | 22 | $30K |
| 2024 | 61 | 80 | $135K |
| 2026 | 27 | 44 | $80K |
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David P. Joyce 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