Mike Kennedy
Republican
· UT-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
43.9
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
1.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$11,043
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
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
0.0
/ 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
3.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
2.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $47.09M 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 — $94K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$26,250
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
3.9%
Amount from this network
$24,000
Total from all networks
$617,850
Networks contributing
186
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Who funds Kennedy
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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
SANDLOT
$28K
DEACONESS HOSPITAL
$24K
ZIONS BANK
$22K
HOMEMAKER
$20K
ARCADIS
$16K
VIVINT
$16K
HEMMCO
$16K
HOMEMAKER
$16K
PREMIER FAMILY MEDICAL
$16K
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$13K
CASTLE CREEK HOMES
$12K
LINCOLN HILL
$11K
BALANCE OF NATURE
$10K
UTAH FIRST FCU
$10K
WOODS FULLLER
$10K
SILVER SUMMIT CAPITAL
$10K
CASTLE CREEK HOMES
$10K
CENTER FOR GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY
$10K
REAGAN SIGNS
$10K
RIMROCK CAPITAL
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Mike Kennedy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES FUND
$11K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$48
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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 $83K to Mike Kennedy across 39 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$83K
Shared contributors
32
Contributions
39
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | $10K |
| 2026 | 25 | 29 | $72K |
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Mike Kennedy 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