Brad Knott
Republican
· NC-13 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Ethics · House Committee on Homeland Security · and Accountability · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · House Committee on the Judiciary · and Enforcement
Influence Score
51.5
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
2.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,741,574
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$730,761
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
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
< 0.1
/ 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
4.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$15,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $39.48M 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 — $79K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$98,012
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
2.7%
Amount from this network
$23,000
Total from all networks
$842,167
Networks contributing
240
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Who funds Knott
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,115,074
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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
0.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.3%
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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
$116K
HOMEMAKER
$17K
KANE REALTY
$17K
RETIRD
$16K
S J FOODS
$14K
CISCO SYSTEMS
$14K
ABDIEL CAPITAL ADVISORS
$13K
CISCO
$13K
FLOW COMPANIES
$13K
BARKER REALTY
$12K
ANDERSON AUTO
$11K
ANDERSON AUTOMOTIVE
$10K
RETIRED - ALLIANCE
$10K
WALL RECYCLING
$10K
KENNY COMPANIES
$8K
LIBERTY INVESTMENT
$8K
US SENATE
$7K
BROCK CONTRACT SERVICES
$7K
ALG SENIOR
$7K
BARKER REALTY
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Brad Knott comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.91M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.71M
Dark-money outside spending
$196K
Share that is dark money
10.29%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
THE AMERICAN FOUNDATIONS COMMITTEE
$1.33M
CONSERVATIVE VOTERS ALLIANCE
$731K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$392K
CLEAN UP CONGRESS PAC
$10K
CAAG PAC
$5K
FOR JUDICAL FAIRNESS PROJECT; THE
$617
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
32 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $90K to Brad Knott across 44 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$90K
Shared contributors
32
Contributions
44
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | $26K |
| 2026 | 12 | 21 | $64K |
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Brad Knott 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