Derek Schmidt
Republican
· KS-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · and Supply Chains · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Enforcement · Regulatory Reform · and Antitrust
Influence Score
44.2
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
1.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$715,135
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$95,454
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.0
/ 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
7.8
/ 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
6.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$19,994 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $45.29M 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 — $91K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$125,062
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
2.9%
Amount from this network
$21,000
Total from all networks
$719,794
Networks contributing
184
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Who funds Schmidt
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
0.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
5.8%
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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
WATCO COMPANIES
$43K
WATCO COMPANIES
$26K
MILLER S PROFESSIONAL IMAGING
$16K
MCCARTHY AUTO
$14K
WEALTH ALLIANCE ADVISORY
$14K
C3
$13K
C3
$10K
CREATIVEONE
$10K
D J ENGINEERING
$10K
KS STATE BANK
$10K
ASPIRE HEALTH PLANS
$10K
ASPIRE65
$10K
BONAVIA PROPERTIES
$10K
RMJK
$10K
SNK REAL PROPERTY
$10K
WINTER LIVESTOCK
$10K
COLT ENERGY
$8K
DOBSKI ASSOCIATES
$8K
ADVISORS EXCEL
$7K
BASYS
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Derek Schmidt comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$395K
Disclosed outside spending
$152K
Dark-money outside spending
$242K
Share that is dark money
61.38%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$463K
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$182K
BIG RED ACTION FUND
$112K
SLF PAC
$48K
KANSANS FOR LIFE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$4K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$1K
Groups that hide their donors
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.
NRCC
$840K
MILLER-MEEKS FOR CONGRESS
$109K
BRIAN FITZPATRICK FOR ALL OF US
$147K
VAN ORDEN FOR CONGRESS
$138K
JOHN JAMES FOR CONGRESS
$135K
DON BACON FOR CONGRESS
$132K
KIGGANS FOR CONGRESS
$99K
TOM BARRETT FOR CONGRESS
$94K
FRIENDS OF DAVID SCHWEIKERT
$93K
BOGNET FOR CONGRESS
$60K
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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.
25 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $46K to Derek Schmidt across 37 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$46K
Shared contributors
25
Contributions
37
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 | 17 | $20K |
| 2026 | 17 | 20 | $25K |
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Derek Schmidt 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