Craig A. Goldman
Republican
· TX-12 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade
Influence Score
64.1
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
3.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,030,408
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$88,777
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
8.7
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.8
/ 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
8.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$29,879 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$20,270 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
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$1,087,636
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
$29,879
Total from all networks
$1,121,183
Networks contributing
245
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Who funds Goldman
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
95.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
80.2%
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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
HOMEMAKER
$235K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$37K
LMBILP
$33K
HOMEMAKER
$30K
KELLY HART
$29K
DOUBLE EAGLE ENERGY
$27K
DAVOIL
$23K
STUDENT
$21K
HILLWOOD
$21K
REPUBLIC NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION
$20K
GRADE WATER AND POWER
$20K
RENEGADE SWISH
$20K
WESTERN COMMERCE
$20K
LMBILP
$19K
CAPITAL
$16K
PEGASUS RESOURCES
$16K
SCOTT CARTER
$16K
SILVER EAGLE BEVERAGES
$16K
WESTWOOD CONTRACTORS
$16K
STANDARD MEAT
$16K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Craig A. Goldman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.70M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.69M
Dark-money outside spending
$12K
Share that is dark money
0.69%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$1.45M
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$1.20M
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$225K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$107K
TEXANS FOR FREEDOM
$89K
GOPAC ELECTION FUND
$22K
BETTER LEADERS STRONGER FUTURE INC.
$21K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2K
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$221
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.
77 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $833K to Craig A. Goldman across 108 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$833K
Shared contributors
77
Contributions
108
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 64 | 82 | $371K |
| 2026 | 21 | 26 | $462K |
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Craig A. Goldman 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