Sara Jacobs
Democrat
· CA-51 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Global Health · and Global Human Rights · International Organizations · and Global Corporate Social Impact · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth
Influence Score
54.6
Moderately exposed
↑ +13.2
vs 118th (41.4)
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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
2.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,221
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.9
/ 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
12.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$5,110 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.35M 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 — $63K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 41.4 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 54.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Total money from this network
$27,500
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
5.6%
Amount from this network
$30,000
Total from all networks
$534,879
Networks contributing
87
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Who funds Jacobs
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$359,197
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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
0.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
71.4%
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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
SPS STUDIOS
$10K
VIASAT
$9K
QUALCOMM
$9K
THE SCOTT
$8K
VIASAT
$8K
XENCO MEDICAL
$8K
GFP REAL ESTATE
$7K
JACOBS INVESTMENT
$7K
MAF
$7K
MANPOWER
$7K
ARNOLD VENTURES
$7K
JACOBS INVESTMENT
$7K
LINKEDIN
$7K
MAF
$7K
MANPOWER
$7K
NYC DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
$7K
SINGLETON SCHREIBER
$7K
THE SALK INSTITUTE
$7K
CLARKE RICE APC
$6K
GAFCON
$6K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Sara Jacobs comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
WOMEN VOTE
$4.73M
FORWARD CALIFORNIA
$2.02M
DMFI PAC
$850K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$122K
L PAC
$50K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$1K
CALIFORNIA 2020
$795
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST PAC
$79
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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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.
90 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.04M to Sara Jacobs across 143 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.04M
Shared contributors
90
Contributions
143
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 57 | 67 | $405K |
| 2024 | 46 | 62 | $481K |
| 2026 | 11 | 14 | $154K |
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Sara Jacobs 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