Gabe Evans
Republican
· CO-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on Homeland Security
Influence Score
61.2
Moderately 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
4.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,637,526
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$22,529,499
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
3.8
/ 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
8.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.4
/ 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
10.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$9,441 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $40.66M 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 — $81K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$6,117,914
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
7.1%
Amount from this network
$140,500
Total from all networks
$1,969,019
Networks contributing
416
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Who funds Evans
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,456,457
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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
4.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.8%
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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
HOMEMAKER
$45K
HOMEMAKER
$42K
HASELDEN CONSTRUCTION
$23K
CHARLES POTOMAC CAPITAL
$21K
PIVOT ENERGY
$17K
BT CONSTRUCTION
$15K
AMERICAN PAWN JEWELRY
$14K
ENTREPRENEUR
$14K
HILLWOOD
$14K
MONARCH
$14K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$14K
DUCHOSSOIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
BLUFF POINT ASSOC
$13K
SPIERER WOODWARD
$13K
VALMORE GP
$13K
CONTINENTAL INVESTORS
$12K
SPINNAKER SUPPORT
$11K
SPIERER WOODWARD
$11K
HC FAMILY COMPANIES
$11K
AUDAX
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Gabe Evans comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$12.61M
Disclosed outside spending
$11.27M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.33M
Share that is dark money
10.59%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$98K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$12.47M
DCCC
$4.50M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$2.48M
EDF ACTION VOTES
$1.66M
SAEF
$900K
MAINSTREAM COLORADO FUND
$778K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$649K
VPP
$568K
AMERICA PAC
$492K
BOLD AMERICA
$429K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$263K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$200K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$161K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$113K
SLF PAC
$112K
Groups that hide their donors
$74K
1 smaller group under $500
$246
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
51 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.40M to Gabe Evans across 101 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.40M
Shared contributors
51
Contributions
101
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22 | 37 | $350K |
| 2026 | 32 | 64 | $1.05M |
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Gabe Evans 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