Dave Min
Democrat
· CA-47 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Energy Policy · and Regulatory Affairs · Joint Economic Committee
Influence Score
48.2
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
5.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$9,460,707
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$16,654,277
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 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
0.3
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
8.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $30.35M 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 — $61K.
Israel-policy PAC money spent against this member: $9.23M
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$4,201,361
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
4.9%
Amount from this network
$53,970
Total from all networks
$1,109,312
Networks contributing
235
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Who funds Min
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$10,010,005
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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
9.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
25.6%
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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
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE
$43K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
$35K
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
$20K
GOOGLE
$20K
SINGLETON SCHREIBER LLP
$18K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE
$15K
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
$15K
KEKER VAN NEST PETERS LLP
$15K
REESE LLP
$14K
MCDONALD S
$13K
UNITED EXCHANGE
$13K
WILMERHALE
$13K
PHOONG LAW
$12K
MACGILLIVRAY FREEMAN FILMS
$11K
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES
$10K
PAFCO
$10K
SINGLETON SCHREIBER LLP
$10K
VMWARE
$9K
COMCAST
$9K
JENNER BLOCK LLP
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Dave Min comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$13.19M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.71M
Dark-money outside spending
$3.48M
Share that is dark money
26.39%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$1.92M
Groups hiding their donors
12
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$9.23M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6.64M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$3.32M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$2.32M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$1.13M
UNITE TO WIN
$770K
EDF ACTION VOTES
$400K
WORKERS VOTE
$366K
HEALTH CARE SAVES LIVES
$361K
SLF PAC
$353K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES OF CALIFORNIA VOTES PAC
$321K
DMFI PAC
$167K
AAPI VICTORY FUND, INC.
$150K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$134K
VICTORY INCLUDES ACCOUNTABILITY BELIEVABILITY LEADERSHIP AND ELECTABILITY PAC (VIABLE PAC)
$117K
Groups that hide their donors
$1.32M
$1.21M
$17K
2 smaller groups under $500
$739
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.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6.10M
JEFF YASS
$243.01M
VIRGINIA JAMES
$30.65M
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
$21.90M
BRETT HENDRICKSON
$1.02M
ROGER HERTOG
$675K
BITCOIN FREEDOM PAC
$114K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
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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.
87 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $121K to Dave Min across 160 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$121K
Shared contributors
87
Contributions
160
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34 | 61 | $47K |
| 2026 | 63 | 99 | $74K |
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Dave Min 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