Troy Downing
Republican
· MT-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries
Influence Score
49.2
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
2.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,484,737
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.1
/ 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
3.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,994 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $21.52M 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 — $43K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$509,959
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
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC)
Share from this one network
1.9%
Amount from this network
$16,000
Total from all networks
$822,194
Networks contributing
220
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Who funds Downing
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
1.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.8%
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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
$21K
YELLOWSTONE BANK
$21K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$18K
BILLION DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM
$16K
MENHOLT AUTO
$16K
STA JETS
$15K
YELLOWSTONE BANK
$14K
DOLLINGER PROPERTIES
$13K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$10K
FICO
$10K
HILLSPIRE
$10K
MENHOLT AUTO
$10K
OPENTECH
$10K
SUN MOUNTAIN LUMBER
$10K
BIG SKY TACTICAL SOLUTIONS
$10K
FX SOLUTIONS
$10K
MDS ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
$10K
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS
$10K
BARNARD CONST
$10K
CONTRACTOR
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Troy Downing comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$1.02M
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$430K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$29K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$5K
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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 $241K to Troy Downing across 69 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$241K
Shared contributors
53
Contributions
69
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37 | 40 | $104K |
| 2026 | 20 | 29 | $137K |
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Troy Downing 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