Shomari Figures
Democrat
· AL-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management
Influence Score
44.5
Least exposed
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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
3.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,005,369
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$126,351
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.1
/ 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
8.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.5
/ 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
0.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct · $2,800 outside spending
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $19.12M 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 — $38K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$2,646,576
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
2.3%
Amount from this network
$25,500
Total from all networks
$1,118,975
Networks contributing
323
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Who funds Figures
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
1.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.1%
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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
CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS
$43K
BALL HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$13K
BCBSAL
$12K
KDF STRATEGIES
$10K
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$10K
TUCKSON HEALTH CONNECTIONS
$10K
DORTCH FIGURES SONS
$10K
UC BERKELEY
$8K
MINDSET
$8K
VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES
$8K
CROWNE
$7K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$7K
BOWERS
$7K
BURR AND FORMAN
$7K
CHERRY HILL BALL HEALTHCARE
$7K
COOPER DRUGS
$7K
CUMBERLAND PACKING
$7K
NHS MANAGEMENT
$7K
RICHARD WRIGHT CHARTER SCHOOL
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Shomari Figures comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$2.62M
Disclosed outside spending
$2.62M
Dark-money outside spending
$384
Share that is dark money
0.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$4.80M
NEW SOUTHERN MAJORITY IE PAC
$106K
ALABAMA FAMILIES PAC
$80K
PROGRESSIVE PROMISE
$50K
PROGRESS FOR ALABAMA
$47K
IMPACT 65
$35K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$5K
1000 WOMEN STRONG PAC
$5K
DMFI PAC
$3K
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$385
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$384
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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.
56 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $69K to Shomari Figures across 77 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$69K
Shared contributors
56
Contributions
77
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55 | 72 | $66K |
| 2026 | 3 | 5 | $3K |
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Shomari Figures 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