Sharice Davids
Democrat
· KS-3 · 119th Congress
Risk Management (Chair) · and Credit (Chair) · and Capital Access (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · and Biotechnology · House Committee on Small Business · Tax and Capital Access · and Workforce Development · and Regulations · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · Joint Economic Committee
Influence Score
69.1
Moderately exposed
↑ +4.9
vs 118th (64.2)
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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
10.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,812,393
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,481,197
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
7.8
/ 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
0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
11.9
/ 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
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$29,430 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $19.12M 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 — $38K.
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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 | 62.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 47.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 64.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 69.1 | 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
$1,479,470
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
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Share from this one network
2.0%
Amount from this network
$72,000
Total from all networks
$3,588,214
Networks contributing
558
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Who funds Davids
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$5,584,997
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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
9.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
30.8%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
AIRLINES FOR AMERICA
$500
YELLOW FREIGHT
$10
YELLOW FREIGHT
$10
YELLOW FREIGHT
$10
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
$16K
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
$14K
DENTONS US LLP
$13K
APPLE
$12K
SOTHEBYS
$12K
GOOGLE
$11K
BYRNE PELOFSKY ASSOCIATES
$11K
BARKLEY
$11K
STUEVE SIEGEL HANSON LLP
$10K
MICROSOFT
$10K
ANZU
$10K
ARNOLD VENTURES
$10K
SHAMBERG JOHNSON BERGMAN CHTD
$10K
HALLMARK CARDS
$9K
ANZU
$9K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$9K
VIBRANT HEALTH
$8K
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$8K
MASHED O RANCH
$8K
SHAMBERG JOHNSON BERGMAN CHTD
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Sharice Davids comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$4.12M
Disclosed outside spending
$3.94M
Dark-money outside spending
$177K
Share that is dark money
4.31%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$144K
Groups hiding their donors
7
By funding network
SLF PAC
$4.75M
SHIELD PAC
$1.93M
WOMEN VOTE
$1.81M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$1.40M
INDEPENDENCE USA PAC
$1.26M
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$300K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$195K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$184K
HEARTLAND USA PAC
$173K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$143K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$137K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$106K
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$84K
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$68K
VISIONARY LEADERS FUND
$59K
Groups that hide their donors
$71K
$68K
$29K
$5K
2 smaller groups under $500
$280
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.
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$84K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$82K
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO
$26K
PAUL DOOLEY
$17K
CYNTHIA SNELL
$6K
ROSLYN MEYER
$5K
DONALD HENLEY
$4K
WILIAM HANEY
$4K
CATHERINE ROMLEY
$2K
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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.
178 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $478K to Sharice Davids across 386 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$478K
Shared contributors
178
Contributions
386
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 69 | 111 | $106K |
| 2024 | 109 | 190 | $223K |
| 2026 | 48 | 85 | $149K |
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Sharice Davids 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