Zoe Lofgren
Democrat
· CA-18 · 119th Congress
House Committee on House Administration (Chair) · House Committee on Science (Chair) · and Technology (Chair) · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · and Enforcement · Regulatory Reform · and Antitrust · House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress · House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol · Joint Committee on Printing · Joint Committee on the Library
Influence Score
60.4
Moderately exposed
↑ +1.4
vs 118th (59.0)
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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
4.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$456,087
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
5.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.9
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.1
/ 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
13.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$1,950 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $44.88M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $90K.
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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 | 62.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.4 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
EQUALITY PROJECT PAC
Total money from this network
$105,652
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
3.5%
Amount from this network
$55,500
Total from all networks
$1,583,986
Networks contributing
233
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Who funds Lofgren
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,281,611
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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
1.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
Times money arrived near a vote
22
Money that arrived near votes
$70K
Distinct donors
34
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
3.25%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GOOGLE
$16K
GOOGLE
$7K
GOOGLE
$7K
GOOGLE
$7K
GOOGLE
$5K
GOOGLE
$3K
JENNER BLOCK LLP
$3K
AMAZON
$2K
GOOGLE
$2K
HESS BOWER ADAMS-HESS
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
GOOGLE
$77K
GOOGLE
$58K
FRAGOMEN
$57K
GOOGLE
$46K
CISCO
$43K
APPLE
$36K
FRAGOMEN
$34K
HOMEMAKER
$28K
BUTLER AMUSEMENTS
$27K
APPLE
$26K
CISCO
$22K
SV ANGEL
$21K
BERRY APPLEMAN LEIDEN LLP
$20K
BUTLER AMUSEMENTS
$20K
HOMEMAKER
$18K
FRAGOMEN
$18K
CISCO
$16K
AMAZON
$14K
SYNOPSYS
$14K
BUTLER AMUSEMENTS
$13K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Zoe Lofgren comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$204K
Disclosed outside spending
$203K
Dark-money outside spending
$1K
Share that is dark money
0.54%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
CENTRAL COAST VALUES PAC
$350K
FAIRSHAKE
$55K
EQUALITY PROJECT PAC
$46K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
PARTY_C00496521
$2K
PARTY_C00419986
$1K
SOUTH BAY AFL-CIO LABOR COUNCIL
$1K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
NEVADA ADVOCATES FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES PAC (NAPPA PAC)
$122
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
DIGNITY CA SEIU LOCAL 2015
$7
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$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
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$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.
60 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $169K to Zoe Lofgren across 116 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$169K
Shared contributors
60
Contributions
116
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 40 | 55 | $84K |
| 2024 | 25 | 38 | $55K |
| 2026 | 14 | 23 | $30K |
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Revolving Door
5 former staff members
who worked for Zoe Lofgren or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID THOMAS | CoS (Rep. Lofgren); Dir of Congressional Relations (FTC); Dep Dir for Legis Affa… | MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | 55 | 58 | 2023–2025 |
| STACEY LEAVANDOSKY | Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren; Senior Advisor, Committee on Sc… | FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES, LLC | 20 | 115 | 2024–2025 |
| HANNAH PETERS-EDWARDS | Paid Intern - Washington DC Office of Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren | LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC | 2 | 4 | 2024–2024 |
| ELISE FINLEY PICKERING | CoS (Rep. Lofgren); Dir of Congressional Relations (FTC); Dep Dir for Legis Affa… | MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2023–2025 |
| DAVID SHAHOULIAN | Dept of Homeland Security, Ass't Sct'y (1/21-9/21);House Judiciary Committee / R… | NVIDIA CORPORATION | 1 | 4 | 2025–2025 |
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Zoe Lofgren 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