Russell Fry
Republican
· SC-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · and Enforcement
Influence Score
51.5
Moderately exposed
↑ +7.9
vs 118th (43.6)
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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
2.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$60,192
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$690,400
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.0
/ 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
2.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.1
/ 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
2.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,004 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $53.50M 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 — $107K.
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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 | 43.6 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 51.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$35,250
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
2.0%
Amount from this network
$23,500
Total from all networks
$1,187,848
Networks contributing
258
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Who funds Fry
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
98.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
8
Money that arrived near votes
$18K
Distinct donors
8
Distinct employers
6
Share of their total fundraising
1.61%
Biggest clusters of timed money
TRANE TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$3K
MARLBORO ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
$3K
TREY HARRELL LAW OFFICE
$2K
TREY HARRELL LAW OFFICE
$2K
THE FLOYD LAW FIRM
$2K
THE NATIONAL LLP
$1K
TREY HARRELL LAW OFFICE
$1K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER FELD LLP
$500
KNIE AND SHEALY LAW OFFICE
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$46K
HOMEMAKER
$32K
HOMEMAKER
$21K
TUCKER LUMBER
$14K
JFD TUBE COIL PRODUCTS
$14K
ENVIROSEP
$13K
UNAKA
$13K
LAW OFFICE OF GEM MCDOWELL PA
$13K
TUCKER LUMBER
$12K
ENVIROSEP
$12K
BURR FORMAN
$10K
SILVER COMPANIES
$9K
NATIONAL FINANCE
$9K
OVP HEALTH
$9K
STERN DEVELOPMENT
$9K
MARLBORO ELECTIC -OP MARLBORO DEVE
$8K
NATIONAL FINANCE
$8K
THE YAHNIS
$8K
LAW OFFICE OF GEM MCDOWELL PA
$8K
CHARLES INGRAM LUMBER
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Russell Fry comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
GRAND STRAND PEE DEE PAC
$690K
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, AGAIN! INC.
$53K
OUR AMERICAN CENTURY
$7K
#WALKAWAY CAMPAIGN PAC
$25
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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.
46 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $156K to Russell Fry across 92 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$156K
Shared contributors
46
Contributions
92
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 5 | $9K |
| 2024 | 40 | 74 | $119K |
| 2026 | 9 | 13 | $28K |
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Russell Fry 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