Dwight Evans
Democrat
· PA-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access · Oversight and Regulations · and Regulations · House Committee on Ways and Means
Influence Score
48.8
Least exposed
↓ -0.4
vs 118th (49.2)
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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
3.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$112,912
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$456
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 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
9.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 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
$4,090 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $45.81M 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 — $92K.
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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 | 49.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 31.1 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 49.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 48.8 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$27,750
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
1.7%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$1,471,969
Networks contributing
268
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Who funds Evans
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$797,132
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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
0.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
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
Times money arrived near a vote
1
Money that arrived near votes
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.32%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
EINSTEIN HEALTHCARE
$500
STATE STREET ADVISORS
$250
NORTH PHILADELPHIA HEALTH SYSTEM
$25
NORTH PHILADELPHIA HEALTH SYSTEM
$25
NORTH PHILADELPHIA HEALTH SYSTEM
$25
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
COMCAST
$19K
ASURION
$7K
MAVEN
$7K
ARISTA NETWORKS
$6K
BROWN S SUPER STORES
$6K
JP LERMAN
$6K
LYNMAR BUILDERS
$6K
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
$6K
PROGRESSIVE MANAGEMENT
$5K
S R WOJDAK ASSOCIATES
$5K
SELECT MEDICAL
$5K
BALLARD SPAHR
$4K
STRADLEY RONON STEVENS YOUNG LLP
$4K
PENN MEDICINE
$4K
JP LERMAN
$4K
METRO PHILLY MANAGEMENT
$4K
SANTANDER BANK
$4K
WILLIAM PENN
$4K
ANDERSON CONSTRUCTION
$4K
DUANE MORRIS LLP
$4K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Dwight Evans comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$48K
Disclosed outside spending
$48K
Dark-money outside spending
$439
Share that is dark money
0.91%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$63K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$39K
COMMONWEALTH COMMUNICATIONS
$22K
DEMOCRATIC JEWISH OUTREACH PA
$9K
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION
$4K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PAC
$705
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$432
DEMOCRACY PAC
$241
PEOPLE POWER PENNSYLVANIA
$163
API PA VOTES
$95
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$439
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.
11 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $31K to Dwight Evans across 42 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$31K
Shared contributors
11
Contributions
42
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 16 | $14K |
| 2024 | 9 | 25 | $17K |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $500 |
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Dwight Evans 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