Institutional context
This member's profile: MODERATE — 1.1% of PAC dollars from tagged committees; 46.2% on pinned Israel/aid votes since 2024.
Rep. MD-8
PAC dependency
1.1%
Share of PAC dollars from tagged committees (2024 cycle).
Tagged / total PAC
$5,500 / $494,605
Numerator and denominator for the dependency ratio — every line links to FEC.
Peer context
More PAC-dependent on tagged committees than 54% of House colleagues.
Score rule: influence_formula_v1
Margin test
Tagged PAC $5,500 · 2024 general margin 214,280 votes (0.03×)
Maryland State Board of Elections →Post–Oct 7 delta
PAC dependency ratio before vs after 7 Oct 2023 (PAS2 transaction dates, 2024 cycle).
0.0%
Pre–Oct 7
1.6%
Post–Oct 7
+1.6pp
Change
Influence stack
Default ON: direct PAC + documented IE. LDA and FARA live in separate sections — we never merge buckets.
Direct PACOn
Objective
FEC committee → candidate contributions (PAS2 bulk). Default ON.
LDA lobbying
Fuzzy match
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings — confidence-scored member links. Separate bucket.
FARA foreign gov
Separate tab
Foreign-agent registration spend — never merged with domestic PAC totals.
Screenshot-ready receipt — OG image at /share/R000606.svg
Influence Mixer
Sliders re-weight the editorial composite for Jamie Raskin. Facts do not change — only the formula mix.
Live composite
45
Fuzzy overlap from lda.gov filing text — separate legal bucket from PAC $. Not LD-203 conduit data.
Severity is an editorial composite from public records.See the math →