Julie Fedorchak
Republican
· ND-AL · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Influence Score
52.5
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
2.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$688,345
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$929,111
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.6
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.6
/ 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
3.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$2,911 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.44M 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 — $69K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$72,100
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
1.7%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$1,188,161
Networks contributing
314
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Who funds Fedorchak
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
0.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
98.2%
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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
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
$29K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$24K
STATE OF ND
$18K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$15K
BUTLER MACHINERY
$13K
NACCO NATURAL RESOURCES
$13K
THAT S THE DREAM FARM
$13K
TRUENORTH STEEL
$13K
BRANDT
$12K
HUBBARD BROADCASTING
$12K
UNITED ENERGY
$11K
ENCLAVE COMPANIES
$10K
SOROBAN CAPITAL
$10K
BONE JOINT CENTER
$10K
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
$9K
FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK AND
$9K
HUBBARD BROADCASTING
$8K
DAKOTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
$8K
BAKKEN ENERGY
$8K
GOLDMARK
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Julie Fedorchak comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$964K
Disclosed outside spending
$924K
Dark-money outside spending
$40K
Share that is dark money
4.19%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$765K
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$508K
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$164K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$90K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$72K
BRIGHTER FUTURE ALLIANCE
$7K
LIGNITE ENERGY COUNCIL PAC (LIGNITE PAC)
$6K
NORTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$1K
NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY
$1K
NORTH DAKOTA PETROLEUM COUNCIL, INC. FEDERAL PAC
$247
Groups that hide their donors
$37K
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.
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$6.10M
JEFF YASS
$243.01M
VIRGINIA JAMES
$30.65M
TRUTH AND COURAGE PAC
$21.90M
BRETT HENDRICKSON
$1.02M
ROGER HERTOG
$675K
BITCOIN FREEDOM PAC
$114K
WIN IT BACK PAC
$128.61M
JEFF MR YASS
$75.00M
RICHARD UIHLEIN
$56.66M
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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.
125 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $261K to Julie Fedorchak across 148 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$261K
Shared contributors
125
Contributions
148
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 117 | 126 | $202K |
| 2026 | 21 | 22 | $59K |
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Julie Fedorchak 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