David J. Taylor
Republican
· OH-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · Risk Management · and Credit · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
38.5
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
1.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$63,147
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,767
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.1
/ 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
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.3
/ 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 $19.12M 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 — $38K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$17,500
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
3.4%
Amount from this network
$17,500
Total from all networks
$520,494
Networks contributing
176
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Who funds Taylor
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
58.3%
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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
TOTAL QUALITY LOGISTICS
$13K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
RENT-2-OWN
$12K
SUNDAY CREEK HORIZONS
$9K
AMERICAN FINANCIAL
$8K
AMERICAN FINANCIAL
$8K
CLERMONT COUNTY
$7K
GOVERNMENT STRATEGIES
$7K
RENT-2-OWN
$7K
TWINS BUICK GMC
$7K
ALTERNATIVE LIVING SOLUTIONS
$6K
TWINS BUICK GMC
$6K
CASTELLINI
$6K
BEST ONE TIRE
$5K
MARQUIS ENERGY
$5K
MARQUIS ENERY
$5K
BEST ONE TIRE
$4K
TOWNE PROPERTIES
$4K
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES
$4K
AP TECHNOLGY
$4K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against David J. Taylor comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5K
Disclosed outside spending
$3K
Dark-money outside spending
$2K
Share that is dark money
43.20%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2K
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
BUILDING A STRONG AMERICA
$55K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$5K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$3K
SOUTHERN OHIO CONSERVATIVES PAC
$3K
Groups that hide their donors
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
54 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $92K to David J. Taylor across 73 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$92K
Shared contributors
54
Contributions
73
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | $12K |
| 2026 | 48 | 66 | $80K |
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David J. Taylor 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