Todd Young
Republican
· IN Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Commerce (Chair) · and Safety (Chair) · and Family Policy (Chair) · Multilateral Institutions (Chair) · and International Economic (Chair) · and Environmental Policy (Chair) · South Asia (Chair) · Central Asia (Chair) · and Counterterrorism (Chair) · and Transportation · and Broadband · and the Internet · Product Safety · and Data Security · and Data Privacy · and Consumer Protection · Climate Change · and Manufacturing · and Competitiveness · and Ports · Senate Committee on Finance · and Global Competitiveness · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · the Pacific · and International Cybersecurity Policy · International Operations · and Bilateral International Development · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
72.6
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
6.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$948,308
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
9.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.1
/ 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
6.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.3
/ 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
8.4
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $76.69M 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 — $153K.
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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 | 51.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 51.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 51.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 72.6 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$51,000
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
LANKFORD YOUNG VICTORY COMMITTEE
Share from this one network
2.5%
Amount from this network
$86,757
Total from all networks
$3,473,963
Networks contributing
639
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Who funds Young
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,148,904
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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
97.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$44K
Distinct donors
16
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
2.57%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$13K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
PEDCOR FINANCIAL
$7K
ARBITER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
MOUNTAINDALE INVESTMENT
$3K
LAKE CITY BANK
$2K
PLANNED INVESTMENT
$2K
MOUNTAINDALE INVESTMENT
$2K
WESTPOINT FINANCIAL
$2K
BAYSHORE FINANCIAL
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$461K
HOMEMAKER
$112K
ANTHEM
$64K
CAPITAL
$42K
KKR
$34K
LHC
$34K
HOMEMAKER
$33K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$31K
STATE OF INDIANA
$30K
CUMMINS
$30K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$29K
BARNES THORNBURG
$28K
DISH NETWORK
$27K
SHEPHERD INSURANCE
$26K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$26K
GOOGLE
$26K
KPS CAPITAL
$21K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$20K
SAGESURE
$20K
NEAL COMMUNITIES
$20K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Todd Young comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$501K
Disclosed outside spending
$495K
Dark-money outside spending
$6K
Share that is dark money
1.19%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$565K
HOOSIER HONOR
$224K
AMERICAN ENERGY ACTION FUND
$104K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$50K
CARE ACTION NOW INC.
$6K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
PERFORMANCE RACING INC.
$144
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$144
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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.
176 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $722K to Todd Young across 246 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$722K
Shared contributors
176
Contributions
246
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 166 | 225 | $682K |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | $1K |
| 2026 | 12 | 19 | $39K |
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Todd Young'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