Lateefah Simon
Democrat
· CA-12 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · and Regulations
Influence Score
35.0
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
1.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$69,063
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.6
/ 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
10.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.2
/ 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
1.5
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $18.10M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $36K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Total money from this network
$17,500
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
FAIRSHAKE
Share from this one network
10.9%
Amount from this network
$55,799
Total from all networks
$510,146
Networks contributing
111
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Who funds Simon
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$319,613
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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
0.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
EXELIXIS
$23K
ALTSHULER BERZON LLP
$12K
KEKER VAN NEST PETERS LLP
$11K
MORRISON FOERSTER
$11K
BROADCOM
$10K
JREI
$10K
AUTOMATTIC
$10K
CB ENGINEERS
$10K
EARLYADMIT
$10K
ELECTRA
$10K
JFCS
$10K
LAW OFFICE OF JASPREET SINGH
$10K
LOWENBERG
$10K
MEDLEY
$10K
SPUR
$10K
UCSF
$10K
PENUMBRA
$9K
CALBPS
$9K
PAUL WEISS
$8K
BEYOND DIFFERENCES
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Lateefah Simon comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$8K
Disclosed outside spending
$2K
Dark-money outside spending
$6K
Share that is dark money
70.78%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$6K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$56K
EVAN LOW FOR ASSEMBLY 2024
$11K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$69
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$67
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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.
27 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $100K to Lateefah Simon across 40 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$100K
Shared contributors
27
Contributions
40
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | 24 | $23K |
| 2026 | 14 | 16 | $77K |
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Lateefah Simon 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