Addison P. Mcdowell
Republican
· NC-6 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
52.8
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
1.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$355,431
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
7.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.9
/ 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
10.9
/ 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
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$14,994 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $147.35M 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 — $295K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
RIGHT FOR NC
Total money from this network
$105,844
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
3.1%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$639,794
Networks contributing
180
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Who funds Mcdowell
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
99.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.4%
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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
$20K
VETERANS GUARDIAN
$16K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
MK RESOURCES
$10K
CERTAPRO
$9K
KOTIS PROPERTIES
$9K
CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
$9K
ALG SENIOR
$7K
CGCN
$7K
CHECKMATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
$7K
CHECKMATE GR
$7K
CLEARPATH
$7K
CONTINUUM CARE SERVICES
$7K
DALE K CLINE
$7K
DALE K CLINE CPA
$7K
FLOW AUTOMOTIVE
$7K
MASON JAR
$7K
METCON
$7K
NXUM
$7K
OGT
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Addison P. Mcdowell comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
RIGHT FOR NC
$282K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$72K
FOR JUDICAL FAIRNESS PROJECT; THE
$847
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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.
30 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $64K to Addison P. Mcdowell across 37 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$64K
Shared contributors
30
Contributions
37
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24 | 25 | $47K |
| 2026 | 10 | 12 | $17K |
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Addison P. Mcdowell 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