Kevin Cramer
Republican
· ND Senate · 119th Congress
and Wildlife (Chair) · Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Banking · and Urban Affairs · and Community Development · and Investment · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · and Nuclear Innovation and Safety · and Nuclear Safety · and Water · Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs · Senate Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
75.0
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
5.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$129,156
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
6.1
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.6
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.1
/ 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
7.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$55,622 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $46.53M 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 — $93K.
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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 | 84.8 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 50.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 37.5 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 75.0 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$28,500
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.
Share from this one network
2.6%
Amount from this network
$55,622
Total from all networks
$2,127,228
Networks contributing
385
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Who funds Cramer
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
3.3%
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
40
Money that arrived near votes
$164K
Distinct donors
66
Distinct employers
28
Share of their total fundraising
3.82%
Biggest clusters of timed money
HESS
$26K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$12K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$9K
BELLE FOURCHE PIPELINE
$7K
CLEARPATH ACTION
$7K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$7K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$7K
J W CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$87K
CURALEAF
$46K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$35K
HESS
$28K
CONSTELLATION ENERGY
$23K
SANFORD HEALTH
$22K
WESTSHORE CAPITAL
$21K
JANE STREET CAPITAL
$20K
MICROSOFT
$18K
DAVITA
$18K
GENERAL ATOMICS
$18K
METR
$18K
OPENAI
$18K
REDWOOD RESEARCH
$18K
CONSTELLATION
$17K
FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK
$14K
NACCO INDUSTRIES
$14K
CRESTVIEW
$13K
ECP
$13K
KAITAR RESOURCES
$13K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kevin Cramer comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SMP
$5.70M
GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC PAC
$2.55M
DSCC
$2.30M
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$1.66M
ESAFUND
$311K
SLF PAC
$180K
NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN PARTY
$178K
NRSC
$167K
SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC
$133K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$90K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$75K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$70K
OUR FUTURE IN AMERICA, INC.
$47K
VIGOP (VIRGIN ISLANDS REPUBLICAN PARTY)
$30K
CATHOLICVOTE.ORG CANDIDATE FUND
$24K
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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.
233 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $718K to Kevin Cramer across 307 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$718K
Shared contributors
233
Contributions
307
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 14 | $462 |
| 2024 | 231 | 290 | $716K |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | $2K |
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Kevin Cramer'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