Jeff Crank
Republican
· CO-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries
Influence Score
41.4
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
1.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,166,897
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$12,288
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.6
/ 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
7.1
/ 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
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.5
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.03M 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 — $62K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
Total money from this network
$695,711
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
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. PAC
Share from this one network
2.4%
Amount from this network
$16,500
Total from all networks
$675,500
Networks contributing
185
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Who funds Crank
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,418,897
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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
HOMEMAKER
$41K
HOMEMAKER
$33K
YORK SPACE SYSTEMS
$17K
NOR WOOD
$16K
THE EQUITY
$16K
CLASSIC HOMES
$15K
ELITE PROPERTIES OF AMERICA
$14K
1ST FINANCIAL BANK USA
$10K
EXECTRAS
$10K
NOR WOOD
$10K
PERICLE COMMUNICATIONS
$10K
STRATEGI
$10K
STUDIO D DESIGN
$10K
TEXAS CAPITAL
$10K
TG
$10K
GE JOHNSON
$10K
THE O NEIL
$10K
BLUESTAQ
$10K
GE JOHNSON
$10K
NOTES LIVE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jeff Crank comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$558K
Disclosed outside spending
$144K
Dark-money outside spending
$414K
Share that is dark money
74.26%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$919K
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$217K
CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.
$20K
GUN RIGHTS AMERICA
$12K
GO AMERICA PAC
$11K
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.
8 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $18K to Jeff Crank across 13 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$18K
Shared contributors
8
Contributions
13
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | $4K |
| 2026 | 6 | 9 | $14K |
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Jeff Crank 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