Kay Granger
Republican
· TX-12 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,974
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Granger
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
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
$60K
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$31K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$26K
GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL
$18K
IAC
$17K
BLACKSTONE
$17K
POPE HARDWICKE CHRISTIE
$17K
HOMEMAKER
$15K
CREATIVE SOL IN HEALTHCARE
$12K
MARTIN SPROCKET GEAR
$11K
CHARLES POTOMAC CAPITAL
$11K
NFI
$10K
PECK MADIGAN JONES
$10K
RBW
$10K
PENROSE
$10K
S-3
$9K
HILLWOOD PROPERTIES
$9K
AMERICAN FOR PROSPERITY
$9K
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES
$9K
CAPITAL COMPANIES
$9K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kay Granger comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2.30M
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$2.23M
SLF PAC
$849K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$119K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$80K
NORTH TEXAS COMMISSION
$32K
CARE ACTION
$10K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$6K
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$3K
COMMITTEE FOR DEFENDING AMERICAN VALUES
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
MICHELLE STEEL FOR CONGRESS
$372
TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR LIFE FED PAC
$251
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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.
96 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $790K to Kay Granger across 118 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$790K
Shared contributors
96
Contributions
118
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 61 | 78 | $641K |
| 2024 | 38 | 40 | $149K |
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Revolving Door
15 former staff members
who worked for Kay Granger or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JORDON SIMS | Defense Fellow, Chief of Staff; Rep. Kay Granger | IMPERIUM GLOBAL ADVISORS | 26 | 168 | 2023–2025 |
| COLE ROJEWSKI | CoS, Rep. Kay Granger; Asst to Rep. Kay Granger, House Approp Cmte; Dir. of Cong… | THE BERNHARDT GROUP LLC | 19 | 60 | 2025–2025 |
| ZACHARY HOWELL | Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Rep. John Katko; Le… | HILL EAST GROUP, LLC | 15 | 24 | 2023–2025 |
| BARRY BROWN | Chief of Staff, Rep. Michael Burgess & Rep. Kay Granger; Legislative Director, R… | ALPINE GROUP PARTNERS, LLC. | 14 | 93 | 2023–2025 |
| DARIN GARDNER | Legislative Correspondent Senator Tim Hutchinson; Research Assistant Senate HELP… | THE CONAFAY GROUP, LLC | 12 | 54 | 2023–2025 |
| MATTHEW LEFFINGWELL | Mbr Servs & Coalitions Dir., House Approps Cmte (2016-2017); CoS, Rep. Kay Grang… | TIBER CREEK GROUP | 11 | 11 | 2023–2025 |
| SUZI PLASENCIA | Professional Staff Rep. Granger - Deputy Chief of Staff/Leg. Director 2013-2020 | LINCHPIN STRATEGIES, LLC | 4 | 5 | 2023–2025 |
| TYLER THREADGILL | Chief of Staff - Rep. David Kustoff; Deputy Chief of Staff/Communication Directo… | LKQ CORPORATION | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| COLE ROJEWSKI | CoS, Rep. Kay Granger (TX) Asst to Rep. Kay Granger Dir. ofCongressional & Legis… | RBW GROUP, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2023–2025 |
| LAURA SALAMEH | Scheduler (Congresswoman Kay Granger), U.S. House of Representatives (2015) | LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
| SCOTT RICHARDSON | ONLY HOUSE LOBBYING. Senior Counsel, Senate Foreign Relation Committee (previous… | BECHTEL NATIONAL, INC | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| DAVID WINFREY | Deputy Chief of Staff for Rep. Kay Granger | AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| STEPHEN RUHLEN | Chief of Staff for Rep. Kay Granger, Rep. Pete Olson, Rep. Henry Bonilla, Rep. L… | BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
| STEPHEN RUHLEN | Chief of Staff for Rep. Kay Granger, Rep. Pete Olson, Rep. Henry Bonilla, Rep. L… | DB3, LLC (FKA THE DASCHLE GROUP) | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| ERIC WIESE | Rep. Kay Granger (Chief of Staff), Special Assistant (Under Secretary of the Nav… | AUBREY MATURIN LLC | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Kay Granger is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low 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