David Kustoff
Republican
· TN-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Community Development · and Insurance · House Committee on Ways and Means
Influence Score
62.6
Moderately exposed
↓ -0.1
vs 118th (62.7)
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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
6.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
10.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$35,247 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$34,154 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $45.81M 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 — $92K.
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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 | 36.6 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 39.5 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 62.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 62.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$68,250
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
1.7%
Amount from this network
$45,500
Total from all networks
$2,685,124
Networks contributing
356
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Who funds Kustoff
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
97.3%
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
46
Money that arrived near votes
$128K
Distinct donors
74
Distinct employers
24
Share of their total fundraising
7.43%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ADVANCE FINANCIAL
$15K
FIRST BANK
$8K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$5K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$5K
EVOLVE BANK AND
$5K
SECURITY BANK AND
$5K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$69K
HOMEMAKER
$59K
BLACKSTONE
$42K
BLACKSTONE
$38K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$26K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$23K
BASKIN TRUCK PARTS
$23K
ADVANCE FINANCIAL
$21K
BLACKSTONE
$18K
HOMEMAKER
$17K
TOWER VENTURES
$16K
ADVANCE FINANCIAL
$15K
UROLOGY OF INDIANA
$14K
FOGELMAN MANAGEMENT
$14K
BASKIN TRUCK PARTS
$13K
MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES
$13K
WEPFER MARINE
$13K
ORGILL
$13K
LEWIS THOMASON
$12K
ORGILL
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against David Kustoff comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CLA, INC.
$50K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
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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.
11 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $58K to David Kustoff across 18 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$58K
Shared contributors
11
Contributions
18
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | $4K |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 | $43K |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 | $10K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for David Kustoff or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW HOGIN | Senator Bill Hagarty, Deputy Chief of Staff Rep. David Kustoff, Legislative Assi… | CAPITOL RESOURCES, LLC | 10 | 40 | 2025–2025 |
| TYLER THREADGILL | Chief of Staff - Rep. David Kustoff; Deputy Chief of Staff/Communication Directo… | LKQ CORPORATION | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| JUSTIN MELVIN | Chief of Staff - Rep. Kustoff (Jan. 2020 - Jun. 2023) | AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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David Kustoff 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