Ted Lieu
Democrat
· CA-36 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Pacific · Central Asia · and Nonproliferation · North Africa · and Global Counterterrorism · and International Terrorism · House Committee on the Judiciary · Intellectual Property · Artificial Intelligence · and the Internet · Terrorism and Homeland Security
Influence Score
63.9
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.2
vs 118th (66.1)
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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
3.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$54,779
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
4.9
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.2
/ 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
13.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$44,327 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.63M 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 — $63K.
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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 | 70.9 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 71.0 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 66.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.9 | Moderately exposed |
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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
$27,500
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
3.2%
Amount from this network
$53,174
Total from all networks
$1,660,223
Networks contributing
257
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Who funds Lieu
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$678,297
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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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
45.5%
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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
14
Money that arrived near votes
$33K
Distinct donors
18
Distinct employers
12
Share of their total fundraising
0.96%
Biggest clusters of timed money
DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
GOOGLE
$3K
GOOGLE
$3K
LAW OFFICES OF AC MINANA
$3K
LAW OFFICES OF FUQIANG ZHANG P C
$3K
MUNGER TOLLES OLSON LLP
$3K
NETFLIX
$3K
NETFLIX
$3K
NGUYEN THEAM LAWYERS LLP
$2K
KING HOLMES PATERNO SORIANO LLP
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
NETFLIX
$20K
RUSS AUGUST KABAT
$18K
HOMEMAKER
$17K
COTCHETT PITRE MCCARTHY LLP
$17K
ANTHROPIC
$16K
HOMEMAKER
$15K
CONCORD USA
$14K
TRENDNET
$14K
GOOGLE
$13K
TRENDNET
$13K
PAFCO
$11K
ARK LOGISTICS
$10K
GOOGLE
$10K
KIRKLAND ELLIS
$10K
ANDREESSEEN HOROWITZ
$10K
THEGROUP
$10K
MUNGER TOLLES OLSON LLP
$10K
ELECTRIC ENTERTAINMENT
$9K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$9K
KENSON VENTURA
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ted Lieu comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$8K
Disclosed outside spending
$8K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.10%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$53K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCACY PROJECT LOS ANGELES COUNTY ACTION FUND
$611
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
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.
693 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.97M to Ted Lieu across 1,169 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.97M
Shared contributors
693
Contributions
1,169
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 221 | 386 | $538K |
| 2024 | 360 | 497 | $806K |
| 2026 | 266 | 286 | $625K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Ted Lieu or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYDNEY OLAY | Staff Assistant at Senator Padilla's office; intern for Congressman Ted Lieu in … | THE RABEN GROUP | 3 | 19 | 2023–2025 |
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Ted Lieu 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