Johnny Olszewski
Democrat
· MD-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · and Supply Chains
Influence Score
38.2
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
1.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$423,034
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$10
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.9
/ 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
10.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,994 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$6,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct · $4,250 outside spending
JSTREETPAC
$3,600 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $20.01M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $40K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$209,386
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
3.8%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$532,854
Networks contributing
138
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Who funds Olszewski
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
0.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
WEINMAN
$18K
CHESAPEAKE REALTY
$13K
VENABLE LLP
$10K
HIMMELRICH ASSOCIATES
$10K
MILEONE
$10K
PERRY WHITE ROSS JACOBSON
$10K
CASTLE ROCK REALTY MANAGEMENT
$10K
PERRY JACOBSON
$10K
TRADEPOINT ATLANTIC
$9K
28 WALKER
$9K
CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
$9K
GRAY SON
$9K
OSPREY PROPERTY
$8K
RESIDENTIAL TITLE ESCROW
$8K
BURTON POLICY CONSULTING
$8K
CI RENEWABLES
$8K
APARTMENT SERVICES
$8K
CAPITOL STRATEGIES
$8K
ALTERWOOD HEALTH
$7K
GALLAGHER EVELIUS JONES LLP
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Johnny Olszewski comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$419K
DMFI PAC
$4K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
ALLIANCE FOR ACCOUNTABILITY
$10
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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.
53 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $82K to Johnny Olszewski across 67 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$82K
Shared contributors
53
Contributions
67
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26 | 29 | $37K |
| 2026 | 36 | 38 | $45K |
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Johnny Olszewski 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