Gilbert Ray Cisneros
Democrat
· CA-31 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Small Business · and Regulations · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
34.6
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
1.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$25,034
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,373
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.1
/ 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
10.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 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
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $26.23M 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 — $52K.
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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 | 41.5 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | — | — |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 34.6 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$12,000
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
ILLINOIS FUTURE PAC
Share from this one network
3.4%
Amount from this network
$11,000
Total from all networks
$327,110
Networks contributing
92
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Who funds Cisneros
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$194,634
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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
0.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
78.4%
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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
CAPITAL
$5K
PHILLIPS 66
$4K
ALSOP LOUIE
$4K
TREMONT STRATEGIES
$3K
GALAN ENTERTAINMENT
$3K
BHFS LLP
$2K
D P CREATIVE STRATEGIES
$2K
EXIGER
$2K
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES
$2K
PSWA
$2K
AT T
$2K
LINCOLN CONCEPTS
$2K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER FELD LLP
$1K
PASSION GROWERS
$1K
ACTUM
$1K
BRIAN GLACKIN ASSOCIATES
$1K
FLORIDA CRYSTALS
$1K
FUENTES STRATEGIES
$1K
OGILVY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
$1K
SVA ARCHITECTS
$1K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Gilbert Ray Cisneros comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$19K
Disclosed outside spending
$19K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.04%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
SLF PAC
$6.21M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$1.89M
DCCC
$1.12M
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$920K
POR NUESTRAS FAMILIAS
$601K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$433K
VOTEVETS
$388K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$145K
THE LINCOLN CLUB OF ORANGE COUNTY FEDERAL IE COMMITTEE
$86K
COMMITTEE FOR WORKING FAMILIES, SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
$71K
E PLURIBUS UNUM PAC
$57K
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES' COMMUNITY ACTION FUND PAC
$51K
LATINO VICTORY FUND
$49K
PROGRESSIVE ERA PAC
$44K
ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$42K
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.
52 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $80K to Gilbert Ray Cisneros across 58 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$80K
Shared contributors
52
Contributions
58
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46 | 48 | $60K |
| 2026 | 7 | 10 | $20K |
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Gilbert Ray Cisneros 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