Josh Harder
Democrat
· CA-9 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Research · House Committee on Appropriations · and Related Agencies · Health and Human Services · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions
Influence Score
69.2
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.7
vs 118th (71.9)
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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
7.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$273,887
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,341,633
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
8.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.2
/ 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
9.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$10,846 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,995 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $154.86M 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 — $310K.
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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 | 64.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.6 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 71.9 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 69.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$194,877
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
4.2%
Amount from this network
$76,399
Total from all networks
$1,815,580
Networks contributing
305
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Who funds Harder
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,514,656
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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
92.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
58.9%
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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
83
Money that arrived near votes
$201K
Distinct donors
98
Distinct employers
55
Share of their total fundraising
4.94%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$7K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$7K
BLACKSTONE
$7K
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
$7K
COOLEY LLP
$7K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$6K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$6K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BESSEMER VENTURE
$76K
GOOGLE
$57K
GOOGLE
$42K
COOLEY LLP
$42K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$38K
BESSEMER VENTURE
$36K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$26K
BOSTON CONSULTING
$25K
MCKINSEY
$22K
UC BERKELEY
$20K
BOSTON CONSULTING
$20K
KEKER VAN WEST PETERS LLP
$20K
COOLEY LLP
$20K
APPLE
$19K
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
$18K
UCSF
$17K
DEER MANAGEMENT
$17K
JUSTIN W CAPP
$17K
WALKUP MELODIA KELLY SCHOENBERGER
$17K
UC BERKELEY
$16K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Josh Harder comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.26M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.24M
Dark-money outside spending
$26K
Share that is dark money
2.03%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$8K
Groups hiding their donors
7
By funding network
NRCC
$5.40M
SLF PAC
$4.09M
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$466K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$437K
DCCC
$306K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$254K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$214K
AMERICAN FUTURE FUND POLITICAL ACTION
$196K
NEVADA ADVOCATES FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES PAC (NAPPA PAC)
$167K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$135K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$124K
UNITED WE CAN
$113K
UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PAC
$106K
WORKING AMERICA
$86K
COMMUNITIES FOR A NEW CALIFORNIA C4
$66K
Groups that hide their donors
$8K
2 smaller groups under $500
$386
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.
144 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $763K to Josh Harder across 304 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$763K
Shared contributors
144
Contributions
304
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 80 | 147 | $468K |
| 2024 | 70 | 119 | $246K |
| 2026 | 28 | 38 | $49K |
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Josh Harder 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