Salud O. Carbajal
Democrat
· CA-24 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Research · and Department Operations · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
55.8
Moderately exposed
↓ -0.4
vs 118th (56.2)
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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
5.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,254,329
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$157
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.3
/ 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
12.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $37.91M 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 — $76K.
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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 | 43.3 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 55.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 56.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 55.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$60,994
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$39,300
Total from all networks
$1,807,707
Networks contributing
287
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Who funds Carbajal
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,185,537
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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
2.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
TIGER MOON
$20K
ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS
$14K
TIGER MOON
$14K
ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS
$13K
BABICH FAMILY
$12K
NEXXUS
$12K
TIGER MOON
$12K
ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS
$11K
RUSACK VINEYARDS
$11K
ACTUM
$11K
JENNINGS AERONAUTICS
$10K
WINDOW WORLD
$10K
THE WONDERFUL
$9K
JENNINGS AERONAUTICS
$9K
MERCURY PUBLIC AFFAIRS
$9K
THE GILBERT JACKI CISNEROS FOUNDATIO
$9K
WINDOW WORLD
$9K
CHUMASH
$8K
ARMAND HAMMER
$7K
CAPELLO AND NOEL LLP
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Salud O. Carbajal comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$505K
Disclosed outside spending
$505K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
US VETERANS ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION, PAC
$931K
POLICE COALITION OF AMERICA PAC
$231K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$137K
NEW LEADERS 2024
$94K
VETERANS AID PAC
$70K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$2K
SANTA BARBARA WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE (FED)
$926
PARTY_C00429563
$838
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY
$835
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PARTY_C00276659
$347
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
REFORM LEADERS PAC
$157
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$40
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.
27 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $54K to Salud O. Carbajal across 38 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$54K
Shared contributors
27
Contributions
38
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 13 | $14K |
| 2024 | 20 | 22 | $37K |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $3K |
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Salud O. Carbajal 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