Ryan Mackenzie
Republican
· PA-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Secondary Education · and Pensions · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on Homeland Security
Influence Score
54.0
Moderately 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
2.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,876,941
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$23,146,729
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.5
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.1
/ 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
9.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
6.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$17,776 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$4,994 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $28.20M 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 — $56K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$8,855,514
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$26,000
Total from all networks
$1,054,696
Networks contributing
270
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Who funds Mackenzie
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,312,966
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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
1.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
3.1%
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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
HOMEMAKER
$41K
HOMEMAKER
$16K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$14K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
DUCHOSSOIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
VALMORE GP
$13K
A10 ASSOCIATES
$13K
CONTINENTAL INVESTORS
$12K
COMMONWEALTH OF PA
$12K
AUDAX
$10K
CHARLES POTOMAC CAPITAL
$10K
CUMBERLAND DEVELOPMENT
$10K
SUNDANCE VACATIONS
$10K
NEXTGEN MGMT
$10K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$10K
REES-JONES
$10K
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS
$9K
ALVIN H BUTZ
$9K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$8K
LEHIGH VALLEY WATER SYSTEMS
$8K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ryan Mackenzie comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$11.32M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.80M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.52M
Share that is dark money
13.46%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$537K
Groups hiding their donors
5
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$16.13M
DCCC
$2.47M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.38M
BATTLEGROUND DEMOCRATS
$1.35M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.00M
VPP
$923K
WOMEN VOTE
$555K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$324K
SLF PAC
$231K
J STREET ACTION FUND
$210K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$170K
PA CONGRESSIONAL CONSERVATIVES FUND
$105K
SAVE WESTERN CULTURE
$69K
PATRIOTS FOR A BRIGHTER AMERICA
$40K
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)
$24K
Groups that hide their donors
$372K
1 smaller group under $500
$237
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
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
55 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.23M to Ryan Mackenzie across 113 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.23M
Shared contributors
55
Contributions
113
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28 | 41 | $184K |
| 2026 | 34 | 72 | $1.04M |
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Ryan Mackenzie 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