Derek Kilmer
Democrat · WA-6 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Revolving door (1 lobbyist) former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $13,700 direct
JSTREETPAC $1,000 direct
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Kilmer
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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 0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees 1.00×
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
COMPASS LEXECON
4 contributions · cycle 2024
$13K
AMSC
7 contributions · cycle 2022
$13K
MCKINSEY
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$13K
SECOND AVENUE
4 contributions · cycle 2022
$12K
MICROSOFT
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$10K
GALAXY THEATRES
5 contributions · cycle 2022
$9K
DIGITAL CONTROL
3 contributions · cycle 2022
$9K
URBAN RENAISSANCE
9 contributions · cycle 2022
$9K
CITATION MANAGEMENT
6 contributions · cycle 2022
$8K
VALVE
3 contributions · cycle 2022
$7K
BAIN
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$7K
GENSCO
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$7K
MICROSOFT
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$6K
RICHMARK LABEL
2 contributions · cycle 2022
$6K
ARCH VENTURE
2 contributions · cycle 2022
$6K
BAIN
2 contributions · cycle 2022
$6K
BREAKTHROUGH ENERGY
2 contributions · cycle 2022
$6K
CELERYSTIX PRODUCTIONS
2 contributions · cycle 2022
$6K
COMPASS LEXECON
2 contributions · cycle 2022
$6K
GENSCO
2 contributions · cycle 2022
$6K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Derek Kilmer comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received $533
Disclosed outside spending $11
Dark-money outside spending $522
Share that is dark money 97.94%
Dark money tied to their policy areas $514
Groups hiding their donors 2
By funding network
FUSE WASHINGTON
for them $2K · against them $0 · 3 transactions
$2K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
for them $750 · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$750
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
for them $601 · against them $0 · 2 transactions
$601
DEMOCRACY PAC
for them $195 · against them $0 · 7 transactions
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
for them $68 · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$68
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
for them $42 · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$42
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
for them $30 · against them $0 · 3 transactions
$30
Groups that hide their donors
Independent-expenditure entity · support
$514
1 smaller group under $500
tiny cost-allocation expenditures, not listed individually
$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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
NV · 1 dark entity
coverage 21.0%
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
NV · 1 dark entity
coverage 21.0%
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
NV · 1 dark entity
coverage 21.0%
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT · NY · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$525.74M
SMP
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$47.25M
AB PAC
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$25.50M
HMP
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
NY · 1 dark entity
coverage 14.0%
$6.60M
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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.

72 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $408K to Derek Kilmer across 96 contributions.

Total from shared contributors $408K
Shared contributors 72
Contributions 96
By cycle
Cycle Shared donors Gifts Total
2022 35 40 $59K
2024 34 44 $328K
2026 9 12 $22K
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member who worked for Derek Kilmer or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
Lobbyist Former position Firm Clients Filings Years
RACHEL APPLETON Legislative Counsel, Rep. Derek Kilmer (2017-2018); Counsel, Senate Judiciary Co… ANTHROPIC 1 2 2024–2024
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Derek Kilmer is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low 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