Greg Casar
Democrat
· TX-37 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Pensions · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Influence Score
47.9
Least exposed
↑ +3.6
vs 118th (44.3)
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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
3.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$875,783
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$34,000
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.8
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.0
/ 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
10.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.2
/ 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
0.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$5,400 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $20.08M 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 — $40K.
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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 | 44.3 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 47.9 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
WFP IE COMMITTEE
Total money from this network
$271,028
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
3.5%
Amount from this network
$35,000
Total from all networks
$1,008,214
Networks contributing
155
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Who funds Casar
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,558,359
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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
93.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
33.7%
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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
11
Money that arrived near votes
$16K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
2.45%
Biggest clusters of timed money
TRINITY UNIVERSITY
$3K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$2K
MARYNELLMALONEY LAW FIRM
$2K
MONTY RAMIREZ LLP
$2K
AUSTIN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
$1K
HERRING PANZER LLP
$1K
KAPLAN LAW FIRM
$1K
MCLEAN HOWARD LLP
$1K
MCLEAN HOWARD LLP
$1K
STIX LAW OFFICES
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITY OF AUSTIN
$18K
BERLINROSEN
$10K
JOURNEYMAN
$10K
PRESTON-WERNER VENTURES
$9K
PEARLSTONE
$8K
DANLY PROPERTIES
$8K
ZYDECO DEVELOPMENT
$7K
HEISING-SIMONS
$7K
ADELANTO HEALTHCARE VENTURES
$7K
PRESTON-WERNER VENTURES
$7K
ZYDECO DEVELOPMENT
$7K
HILLCO
$7K
HOLOGIC
$7K
BLUFF SPRINGS FOOD MART
$7K
GHA
$7K
HARTMAN
$7K
HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP
$7K
KORN FERRY INTL
$7K
MAURO ARCHER
$7K
PERFECTED CLAIMS
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Greg Casar comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$414K
Disclosed outside spending
$386K
Dark-money outside spending
$28K
Share that is dark money
6.81%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$7K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$546K
REJECT AIPAC PAC
$215K
MIJENTE PAC
$62K
SAFETX
$34K
TEXAS ORGANIZING PROJECT POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$26K
UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PAC
$15K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$6K
WORKERS DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC
$5K
COMMUNITY CHANGE VOTERS
$744
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$251
THE PEOPLE UNITED PAC
$38
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$22
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
$17K
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.
ANNIE MAHON
$330K
EVERYDAY PEOPLE
$75K
LISETTE NIEVES
$15K
JASON BELL
$5K
SANDRA LI
$5K
DAVID SWITZER
$4K
RICHARD PETERSON
$2K
PETER BRADSHAW
$2K
EVE SANDBERG
$2K
LAUREN KEENAN
$2K
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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.
33 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $35K to Greg Casar across 56 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$35K
Shared contributors
33
Contributions
56
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 12 | $8K |
| 2024 | 19 | 27 | $20K |
| 2026 | 9 | 17 | $7K |
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Greg Casar ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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