Mark B. Messmer
Republican
· IN-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · and Biotechnology · and Poultry · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Secondary Education
Influence Score
57.3
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
1.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,189,490
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$155,370
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.4
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
RJC VICTORY FUND
$1,909,850 outside spending
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$302,931 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $33.13M 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 — $66K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$504,020
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.
Share from this one network
32.9%
Amount from this network
$302,931
Total from all networks
$920,481
Networks contributing
194
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Who funds Messmer
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
82.6%
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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
HOUSE WIFE
$17K
WABASH VALLEY PRODUCE
$13K
KOCH
$12K
ACKERMAN OIL
$12K
HOMEMAKER
$12K
JOHN FRICK ASSOCIATES
$10K
KOCH
$10K
THOMPSON THRIFT
$10K
OFS
$8K
WABASH VALLEY PRODUCE
$8K
ACKERMAN OIL
$8K
BARNES THORNBURG LLP
$8K
UEBELHOR SONS
$8K
BOSE MCKINNEY EVANS LLP
$8K
MAINSTREAM INVESTMENT ADVISERS
$8K
INDIANA CARDINAL
$7K
BOYD AND SONS MACHINERY
$7K
CAC DEVELOPMENT
$7K
CRESCENT PLASTICS
$7K
IRWIN R ROSE
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mark B. Messmer comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
RJC VICTORY FUND
$1.91M
FAIRSHAKE
$1.01M
AMERICA'S FIRST FREEDOMS, INC.
$946K
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$212K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
$155K
BUILDING A STRONG AMERICA
$113K
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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.
344 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $603K to Mark B. Messmer across 365 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$603K
Shared contributors
344
Contributions
365
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 330 | 339 | $533K |
| 2026 | 18 | 26 | $70K |
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Mark B. Messmer 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