Politicians supported
0
distinct FEC recipients
lobbying_client · NC
Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American)
A major lobbying-only footprint in taxation/internal revenue code: $530K in disclosed federal lobbying, no campaign contributions or contracts on record. Data through August 2026.
- $530K
- Combined activity
- $530K
- Lobbying
The verdict
Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American) ranks in the top 24% of 21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity, driven entirely by a major lobbying operation centered on taxation/internal revenue code.
- Top 24%
- of 21,666 tracked organizations
Where Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American)'s total federal influence footprint sits
21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity
$530,000 5127th of 21666 higher than 16,539 of 21,666 organizations
the full population, bucketed by value
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Source FEC contributions, LDA lobbying disclosures, and USASpending federal contracts · August 2026
Lobbying years filed
2
LDA disclosure years
LDA issue areas
3
distinct policy categories
Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American)'s influence activity score
Each tracked channel is percentile-scored against its own national benchmark, then averaged across only the channels that apply to a lobbying client -- not one dollar sum where contract size can drown out everything else.
Overall activity score
D
53/100
Lobbying expenditures
D
53/100 · $530K
Not applicable to a lobbying client: campaign contributions, federal contracts, independent expenditures. Excluded from the average, not scored as zero.
What Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American)'s recorded federal activity shows
Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American), with a disclosed filing address in NC, has no campaign-contribution or federal-contract activity in this dataset -- the entire tracked footprint is lobbying on taxation/internal revenue code: $530K disclosed over 2 filing years, filed under the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act.
Its lobbying profile spans 2 reporting years across 3 distinct LDA issue areas, with emphasis on Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Tobacco.
Lobbying by year
| Year | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2024 | $270K |
| 2023 | $260K |
Lobbying issues
Nationwide peers with similar federal activity
Cross-state nearest neighbors on two independent axes, combined tracked activity and Senate LDA lobbying spend, so the lattice is not filing-state containment.
Similar combined federal activity
Other organizations with nearest total contributions + lobbying + contracts ($530K here), outside NC filing-state peers.
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Every figure traces to a real FEC, LDA, or USASpending filing; contribution and lobbying totals are not the same as spending on any specific outcome.
According to the Federal Election Commission and the Senate Office of Public Records, more than 14,000 political action committees and over 12,500 lobbying registrants filed disclosure reports covering the 2024 election cycle and calendar-year 2024 lobbying period respectively. Every figure on this page comes from official FEC, Senate LDA, or USAspending.gov filings, described on our methodology page. Data was last updated in August 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much recorded federal activity does Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American) have?
Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American) has a combined recorded federal activity total of $530K, made up of $530K in lobbying expenditures. This is a convenience sum across three separate official populations, not a measure of causal political influence. Data from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov for 2023-2024.
What issues does Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American) lobby on?
Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American) spent $530K on federal lobbying. Key issue areas include Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Homeland Security, Tobacco. Lobbying disclosures are filed under the Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA) and are public record.
Where does the data about Rai Services Company (formerly Known AS Reynolds American) come from?
PlainInfluence aggregates data from three federal sources: the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for campaign contributions, the Senate Office of Public Records for lobbying disclosures under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and USAspending.gov for federal contract awards. Data covers the 2023-2024 reporting period.
What is "combined activity" and how is it calculated?
Combined activity (internally total_influence) is a convenience sum of three different official populations: FEC campaign contributions (2024 election cycle), Senate LDA lobbying expenditures (2023 and 2024 filing years, summed), and USAspending federal contract obligations (fiscal year 2024). It is a cross-dataset discovery index only, not causation, effectiveness, or political influence. Channel dollars are shown side by side; see /methodology#cross-stage-populations.
Data sources
Every figure on PlainInfluence is rendered directly from official FEC, Senate LDA and USAspending records, no number is typed in by an editor. Contribution, lobbying, and contract totals are aggregated directly from FEC, Senate LDA, and USAspending bulk data, no figure is hand-entered. Disclosed contributions, lobbying, and contracts are lawful, regulated activities, appearing on this page is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our disclaimer, or report a data error. Data current as of 2023-2024.