Brad Sherman
Democrat
· CA-32 · 119th Congress
and Capital Markets (Chair) · the Pacific (Chair) · and Nonproliferation (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · Community Development · and Insurance · International Development · and Monetary Policy · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Central Asia · International Organizations · and Global Corporate Social Impact · North Africa · and Global Counterterrorism · and International Terrorism · House Committee on Science · and Technology
Influence Score
68.0
Moderately exposed
↑ +6.2
vs 118th (61.8)
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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
6.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$835,383
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
4.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.3
/ 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
12.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.7
/ 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
8.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$30,797 direct
NORPAC
$10,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $21.84M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $44K.
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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 | 65.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 62.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 61.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 68.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$82,000
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.
Network
VALLEY-WESTSIDE UNITED PAC
Share from this one network
26.4%
Amount from this network
$800,000
Total from all networks
$3,033,037
Networks contributing
264
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Who funds Sherman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,959,145
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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
4.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
55.6%
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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
19
Money that arrived near votes
$41K
Distinct donors
25
Distinct employers
13
Share of their total fundraising
2.74%
Biggest clusters of timed money
AMSCOT FINANCIAL
$5K
INTEGRITY FINANCIAL
$5K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
JANE STREET
$3K
OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
THE BAUPOST
$3K
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK SAN FRANCISCO
$2K
FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK SAN FRANCISCO
$2K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
$2K
THE BAUPOST
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$31K
HOMEMAKER
$20K
KAISER PERMANENTE
$15K
THE AZOFF
$14K
BLACKSTONE
$13K
VETERANS UNITED HOME LOANS
$13K
7-ELEVEN
$12K
AMSCOT FINANCIAL
$12K
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS
$12K
HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL
$12K
KITE PHARMA
$12K
CAPITAL
$10K
OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$10K
CAPITAL
$10K
KEYES MOTORS
$10K
PACHULSKI STANG ZIEHL JONES
$10K
KAL FREIGHT
$10K
NASDAQ
$10K
LIEBERMAN RESEARCH WORLDWIDE
$9K
BRIGHT LIGHT TRADING
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Brad Sherman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$11K
Disclosed outside spending
$11K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.07%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
VALLEY-WESTSIDE UNITED PAC
$800K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$34K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCACY PROJECT LOS ANGELES COUNTY ACTION FUND
$573
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$40
DIGNITY CA SEIU LOCAL 2015
$7
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
456 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $848K to Brad Sherman across 695 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$848K
Shared contributors
456
Contributions
695
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 120 | 144 | $184K |
| 2024 | 213 | 304 | $349K |
| 2026 | 214 | 247 | $316K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Brad Sherman or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADFORD CHENEY | Chief of Staff, Rep. Brad Sherman; Assistant to Chief of Staff, Sen. Hillary Cli… | THE MAJORITY GROUP, LLC | 11 | 101 | 2023–2025 |
| SAM MAYPER | January 2014 - January 2015, Office of Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY-4); … | INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| ROBERT ROBILLIARD | Policy Adviser, Rep. Brad Sherman (April 2019-Dec. 2022); Designee, House Financ… | CRYPTO COUNCIL FOR INNOVATION | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| LEAH NODVIN | Chief of Staff, USAID, Bureau of Europe and Eurasia Staff Director, House Foreig… | BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
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Brad Sherman 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