Jack Bergman
Republican
· MI-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
61.8
Moderately exposed
↓ -3.8
vs 118th (65.6)
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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
4.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$108,039
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
7.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.9
/ 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
10.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$3,528 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$10 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $145.91M 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 — $292K.
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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 | 51.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 65.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 61.8 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$105,000
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.
Share from this one network
1.9%
Amount from this network
$35,000
Total from all networks
$1,857,007
Networks contributing
264
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Who funds Bergman
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
98.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
93.9%
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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
9
Money that arrived near votes
$26K
Distinct donors
11
Distinct employers
8
Share of their total fundraising
1.53%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CHARLES SCHWAB
$7K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$5K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$3K
GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP
$2K
ORACLE
$2K
MILLER INVESTMENT
$2K
UP HEALTH SYSTEM
$2K
BEST BEST KRIEGER LLP
$1K
GIBSON DUNN
$1K
COVINGTON BURLING
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$99K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$87K
ART MORAN BUICK GMC
$33K
MIT45
$32K
ART MORAN BUICK GMC
$28K
ZURICH
$21K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$19K
KLS
$14K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$13K
THE RICH DAD
$13K
WEST BAY BEACH RESORT
$13K
ZURICH
$13K
C2 STRATEGIES
$12K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$12K
ORACLE
$12K
THE RICH DAD
$12K
AUDIOLOGIST
$11K
MICHIGAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
$10K
DRESNER DESIGNS
$10K
VETERANS GUARDIAN VA CLAIM CONSULTING
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jack Bergman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)
$102K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$100K
PARTY_C00041160
$99K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$20K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$14K
RIGHT TO LIFE OF MICHIGAN VICTORY FUND
$2K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$2K
DISABLED VETERANS PAC
$1K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
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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.
24 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $69K to Jack Bergman across 44 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$69K
Shared contributors
24
Contributions
44
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 29 | $35K |
| 2024 | 12 | 13 | $16K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $18K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Jack Bergman or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAXWELL HUNTLEY | HASC, Professional Staff; Sen. John Kennedy, Nat Security Advisor; Rep.Rob Wittm… | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | 1 | 1 | 2024–2025 |
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Jack Bergman 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