Celeste Maloy
Republican
· UT-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries
Influence Score
53.5
Moderately exposed
↑ +9.5
vs 118th (44.0)
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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
3.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$301,944
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$66,547
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.2
/ 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
9.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.6
/ 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
3.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$21,754 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$6 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $145.40M 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 — $291K.
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Score across four congresses
Score and tier for each Congress. Members are ranked against others in the same Congress, so tiers are comparable across rows. Raw scores reflect different data availability per Congress.
| Congress | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| 116th · 2019-2021 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 44.0 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 53.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DUTY SERVICE HONOR
Total money from this network
$140,664
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
3.0%
Amount from this network
$40,000
Total from all networks
$1,330,217
Networks contributing
246
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Who funds Maloy
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
96.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.3%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
13
Money that arrived near votes
$31K
Distinct donors
17
Distinct employers
13
Share of their total fundraising
3.42%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ROUTE ONE INVESTMENT
$4K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$3K
MORGAN STANLEY
$3K
SCHAERR JAFFE LLP
$3K
ZIONS BANK
$3K
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
$3K
UTAH CREDIT UNION
$3K
AMERICA FIRST CREDIT UNION
$2K
UNITED ENERGY WORKERS HEALTHCARE
$2K
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ES3
$32K
ALLEGIANCE STRATEGIES
$20K
STANDARD INDUSTRIES
$14K
PRIMARY CARE PROGRESS
$13K
TWENTY AND CREEK
$13K
DORSEY WHITNEY
$13K
MARCUS G FAUST PC
$12K
REEF CAPITAL
$10K
ARNOLD VENTURES
$10K
DUTKO GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
$10K
THE MAJORITY
$8K
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
$7K
AQR CAPITAL
$7K
CLEARPATH
$7K
O- INVESTMENTS
$7K
PIVOTAL VENTURES
$7K
UTAH CREDIT UNION
$7K
UTAH FIRST CREDIT UNION
$7K
CLEARPATH
$7K
EXAMITY
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Celeste Maloy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$161K
Disclosed outside spending
$121K
Dark-money outside spending
$40K
Share that is dark money
24.88%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
DUTY SERVICE HONOR
$156K
ALL IN FOR UTAH
$90K
AMERICAN CONSERVATION COALITION PAC (ACC PAC)
$44K
THE FREEDOM FORWARD FUND
$38K
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES FUND
$16K
WAKE UP NEW YORK
$13K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$11K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$670
Groups that hide their donors
$40K
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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.
34 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $39K to Celeste Maloy across 39 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$39K
Shared contributors
34
Contributions
39
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29 | 32 | $31K |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 | $9K |
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Celeste Maloy 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