Troy Balderson
Republican
· OH-12 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Research · and Credit · House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Small Business · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
59.4
Moderately exposed
↓ -1.3
vs 118th (60.7)
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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
7.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$9,587
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
5.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.8
/ 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
11.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.8
/ 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
4.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$6,238 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.44M 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 — $69K.
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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 | 56.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 50.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 59.4 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$50,000
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.6%
Amount from this network
$45,500
Total from all networks
$2,927,825
Networks contributing
460
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Who funds Balderson
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,244,187
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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
4.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
41.9%
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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
11
Money that arrived near votes
$24K
Distinct donors
13
Distinct employers
9
Share of their total fundraising
2.28%
Biggest clusters of timed money
COLER HEALTHCARE
$7K
HILLSTONE HEALTHCARE
$3K
UTILITY TECHNOLOGY INT L
$3K
CAMERON DRILLING
$3K
UTILITY TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL COR
$2K
CENTRAL OHIO NEWBORN MEDICINE
$1K
GENESIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
$1K
GENESIS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
$1K
GENESIS PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS
$1K
MFC DRILLING
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$58K
HOMEMAKER
$30K
ARIEL
$25K
HOMEMAKER
$20K
ARIEL
$18K
KENMORE COMPANIES
$16K
KIMBLE COMPANIES
$15K
KIMBLE COMPANIES
$15K
ZEMBA BROS
$13K
KESSLER SIGN
$13K
SHELLY SANDS
$12K
BEST EFFORT
$11K
PRIMARY AIM
$10K
KESSLER SIGN
$10K
ARTEX OIL
$10K
SUBURBAN NATURAL GAS
$9K
BYERS MINTON ASSOCIATES
$9K
MATESICH DISTRIBUTING
$8K
NATIONWIDE
$8K
CAMERON DRILLING
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Troy Balderson comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7K
Disclosed outside spending
$5K
Dark-money outside spending
$2K
Share that is dark money
32.85%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2K
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
DCCC
$1.26M
SLF PAC
$1.22M
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$579K
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
$568K
FRIENDS OF TIBERI
$471K
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$384K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$191K
FUND FOR A WORKING CONGRESS
$179K
AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.
$151K
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$73K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$37K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$21K
PRO-ISRAEL AMERICA ACTION FUND (PIA ACTION FUND)
$20K
NRCC
$14K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$11K
Groups that hide their donors
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
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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.
54 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $351K to Troy Balderson across 78 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$351K
Shared contributors
54
Contributions
78
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36 | 45 | $195K |
| 2024 | 15 | 21 | $142K |
| 2026 | 11 | 12 | $13K |
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Troy Balderson 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