Mike Carey
Republican
· OH-15 · 119th Congress
House Committee on House Administration · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Committee on the Budget · Joint Committee of Congress on the Library
Influence Score
80.7
Highly exposed
↑ +7.4
vs 118th (73.3)
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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
9.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,022,499
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$651,694
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.0
/ 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
11.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2,503 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $166.71M 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 — $333K.
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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 | 34.2 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 80.7 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
Total money from this network
$479,402
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.3%
Amount from this network
$46,500
Total from all networks
$3,582,138
Networks contributing
613
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Who funds Carey
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,623,430
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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
98.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.5%
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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
22
Money that arrived near votes
$45K
Distinct donors
28
Distinct employers
18
Share of their total fundraising
3.28%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
DATA MINING SERVICES
$7K
CITADEL
$3K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$3K
HEARTLAND BANK
$3K
HEARTLAND BANK
$2K
MAYER BROWN
$2K
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
$2K
STAQ PHARMA
$2K
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GAMECHANGE SOLAR
$37K
ROSEBUD MINING
$24K
A10 ASSOCIATES
$21K
CARESOURCE
$21K
BLACKSTONE
$19K
DCI
$18K
ACNR
$17K
IRON SENERGY
$15K
AEP
$14K
HASLAM SPORTS
$14K
JAVELIN GLOBAL COMMODITIES
$14K
ROSEBUD MINING
$14K
HHQ VENTURES
$13K
KIMBALL MIDWEST
$12K
IRON SENERGY
$12K
JENNMAR
$12K
FOREFRONT DERMATOLOGY
$12K
RESCHINI AGENCY
$12K
SUGARCREEK
$12K
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER
$11K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mike Carey comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$847K
Disclosed outside spending
$577K
Dark-money outside spending
$270K
Share that is dark money
31.87%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$3K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN ACTION INC
$834K
SLF PAC
$464K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$102K
CENTER FOR CIVIC INFORMATION
$71K
FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND
$60K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$50K
DEFEND US PAC
$50K
PARTY_C00162339
$19K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$15K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$5K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$3K
THE GUARDIAN FUND
$902
CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
$125
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$10
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
NRCC
$840K
MILLER-MEEKS FOR CONGRESS
$109K
BRIAN FITZPATRICK FOR ALL OF US
$147K
VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS
$138K
JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS
$135K
DON BACON FOR CONGRESS
$132K
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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.
34 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $152K to Mike Carey across 58 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$152K
Shared contributors
34
Contributions
58
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8 | 15 | $13K |
| 2024 | 20 | 27 | $118K |
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | $21K |
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Mike Carey's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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