Vicente Gonzalez
Democrat
· TX-34 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Community Development · and Insurance · and Capital Markets · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Environment · and Cyber · and the Environment · Civilian Security · and International Economic Policy · and Trade · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
Influence Score
65.9
Moderately exposed
↑ +8.0
vs 118th (57.9)
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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
9.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,942,926
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9,388,348
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.4
/ 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
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$46,945 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $9.27M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, China, South Korea. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $19K.
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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 | 51.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 37.4 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 57.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 65.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$2,608,052
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$57,000
Total from all networks
$3,893,275
Networks contributing
538
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Who funds Gonzalez
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,628,251
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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
9.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
11.7%
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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
23
Money that arrived near votes
$59K
Distinct donors
30
Distinct employers
19
Share of their total fundraising
2.76%
Biggest clusters of timed money
TUDOR INVESTMENT
$7K
AMSCOT FINANCIAL
$5K
ADVANCE FINANCIAL
$4K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$4K
BAIN CAPITAL
$3K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$3K
CENTERVIEW
$3K
JACOBS INVESTMENT
$3K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$3K
OPPORTUNITY FINANCIAL
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLACKSTONE
$17K
SAMES
$15K
SI
$14K
AMSCOT FINANCIAL
$13K
SELECT DEDICATED SOLUTIONS
$13K
JORGE SAENZ MDPA
$13K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
SAMES
$11K
DEER MANAGEMENT
$10K
EVERCORE
$10K
JANESTREET
$10K
L G CONSULTING ENGINEERS
$10K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$10K
MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$10K
SAGESURE
$10K
SIGNUM GLOBAL ADVISORS
$10K
THE BAUPOST
$10K
HONOR NYC
$10K
LAUFER WIND
$10K
THE BROE
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Vicente Gonzalez comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$8.08M
Disclosed outside spending
$8.07M
Dark-money outside spending
$15K
Share that is dark money
0.18%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$15K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
SLF PAC
$5.21M
NRCC
$3.85M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$1.99M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$276K
DCCC
$210K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$180K
BIENVENIDO ACTION PAC
$149K
ALABAMA CHRISTIAN CONSERVATIVES (ACC)
$140K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$115K
NEW LEADERS 2024
$95K
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$94K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$63K
WORKING AMERICA
$30K
C3 PAC
$20K
TEXAS DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$17K
Groups that hide their donors
$15K
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.
179 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $284K to Vicente Gonzalez across 239 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$284K
Shared contributors
179
Contributions
239
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 78 | 100 | $98K |
| 2024 | 81 | 91 | $120K |
| 2026 | 38 | 48 | $66K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Vicente Gonzalez or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGETTE SIERRA | Chief of Staff, Legis. Director, and Sr. Legis. Assistant, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy… | MANAGED FUNDS ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Vicente Gonzalez 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