Tom Mcclintock
Republican
· CA-5 · 119th Congress
and Wildlife (Chair) · and Enforcement (Chair) · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on the Budget · House Committee on the Judiciary · Terrorism and Homeland Security · Civil Rights · and Civil Liberties
Influence Score
49.4
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
1.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$318
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$129
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
3.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.0
/ 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
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.1
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$13,004 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $152.21M 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 — $304K.
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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 | 49.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 37.5 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 49.4 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$40,000
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.
Network
MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PAC
Share from this one network
4.6%
Amount from this network
$25,000
Total from all networks
$541,355
Networks contributing
137
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Who funds Mcclintock
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$264,719
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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
99.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
49.4%
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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
6
Money that arrived near votes
$14K
Distinct donors
6
Distinct employers
5
Share of their total fundraising
1.61%
Biggest clusters of timed money
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
HANES INVESTMENT REALTY
$3K
MORGAN STANLEY
$1K
PINNEY INSURANCE CENTER
$1K
PINNEY INSURANCE CENTER
$1K
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
$1K
CHINO HILLS EQUINE HOSPITAL
$500
SELF EMPLOYED - STATE FARM INSURANCE
$500
STATE FARM INSURANCE
$500
TOURO UNIVERSITY
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SOVEREIGN NATION
$22K
NOT PROVIDED
$14K
NOT PROVIDED
$11K
TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE SUPPORT
$11K
AKT INVESTMENTS
$10K
SOVEREIGN NATION
$10K
TECHNICAL MAINTENANCE SUPPORT
$10K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$9K
THE MANSOUR
$9K
SOVEREIGN NATION
$8K
DON SEBASTIANI SONS
$8K
AKT DEVELOPMENT
$7K
PYRAMES
$7K
SENSORIO
$7K
CEN-CAL FIRE SYSTEMS
$7K
FISHER CREEK WEST
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
FLYERS ENERGY
$7K
KODIAK ROOFING WATERPROOFING
$7K
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Tom Mcclintock comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$937
Disclosed outside spending
$929
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.85%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
BLUE BATTLEGROUND PROJECT
$386K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$335K
CALIFORNIA MODERATE VOICES
$260K
SIERRA CLUB
$223K
PROTECT OUR WINTERS ACTION FUND
$123K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$104K
PAC FOR A CHANGE
$30K
CHANGE CONGRESS NOW/CAMBIO AL CONGRESO YA
$28K
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION SUPER PAC
$10K
ACTIVATE AMERICA
$9K
MAD DOG PAC
$9K
PARTY_C00671313
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$655
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$320
Groups that hide their donors
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.
23 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $221K to Tom Mcclintock across 38 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$221K
Shared contributors
23
Contributions
38
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 23 | $200K |
| 2024 | 14 | 15 | $21K |
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Tom Mcclintock 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