Jerry Moran
Republican
· KS Senate · 119th Congress
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Influence Score
80.1
Highly 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
8.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$589,501
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$2,952
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.5
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.0
/ 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
9.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.3
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $241.84M 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 — $484K.
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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 | 52.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 64.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 80.1 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Total money from this network
$81,000
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.4%
Amount from this network
$40,500
Total from all networks
$2,865,726
Networks contributing
540
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Who funds Moran
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,052,577
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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
97.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
10
Money that arrived near votes
$32K
Distinct donors
16
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
1.68%
Biggest clusters of timed money
DICKINSON COUNTY BANK
$7K
INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT
$7K
U S BANK
$7K
IBC BANK
$3K
HARGROVE CROP INSURANCE
$2K
KANSAS FARM BUREAU
$2K
WILLIAMSON INSURANCE AGENCY
$2K
DONOHO INSURANCE
$1K
JEFF DONOHO INSURANCE
$1K
LEGACY BANK
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$128K
HOMEMAKER
$36K
KIT BOND STRATEGIES LLP
$36K
INDIAN TRIBE
$35K
HOMEMAKER
$29K
DISH NETWORK
$28K
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES
$26K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$26K
KNOWMADICS
$23K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$22K
INDIAN TRIBE
$21K
COX
$21K
CLEAN ENERGY
$19K
RELIANCE SYSTEMS
$17K
GEO
$17K
GUIDEPOST STRATEGIES
$16K
SOLOMON
$16K
VAN SCOYOC ASSOCIATES
$16K
SIERRA NEVADA
$14K
HALLMARK CARDS
$14K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jerry Moran comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$296K
Disclosed outside spending
$294K
Dark-money outside spending
$3K
Share that is dark money
0.89%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
VISIONARY LEADERS FUND
$318K
AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUND
$104K
CAREER EDUCATION PAC
$90K
KANSANS FOR LIFE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$67K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$8K
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$3K
CARE ACTION NOW INC.
$3K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)
$3
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
113 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $648K to Jerry Moran across 165 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$648K
Shared contributors
113
Contributions
165
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 108 | 156 | $631K |
| 2024 | 4 | 6 | $14K |
| 2026 | 2 | 3 | $2K |
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Jerry Moran's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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