Politicians supported
39
distinct FEC recipients
pac · CA
No lobbying disclosures, no federal contracts -- just a sizable run of campaign giving, $74K reported to the FEC. Data through August 2026.
The verdict
Rocket Lab USA, INC. Political Action Committee (rocket Lab PAC) ranks in the top 71% of 21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity, with its only tracked channel being a sizable run of campaign giving, led by Martin Heinrich.
Where Rocket Lab USA, INC. Political Action Committee (rocket Lab PAC)'s total federal influence footprint sits
21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity
$73,900 15396th of 21666 higher than 6,270 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
Politicians supported
39
distinct FEC recipients
Lobbying years filed
0
LDA disclosure years
LDA issue areas
0
distinct policy categories
Each tracked channel is percentile-scored against its own national benchmark, then averaged across only the channels that apply to a pac -- not one dollar sum where contract size can drown out everything else.
Overall activity score
F
13/100
Campaign contributions
F
32/100 · $74K
Lobbying expenditures
F
7/100 · $0
Federal contracts
F
2/100 · $0
Independent expenditures
F
10/100 · $0
Rocket Lab USA, INC. Political Action Committee (rocket Lab PAC), with a disclosed filing address in CA,'s only channel in this dataset is campaign giving: a a sizable PAC history totaling $74K, topped by Martin Heinrich, with no lobbying disclosures or federal contracts on record.
On the campaign side, Rocket Lab USA, INC. Political Action Committee (rocket Lab PAC)'s PAC contributions reached 39 federal politicians, led by Martin Heinrich at $7K.
| Politician | Party | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Heinrich | D | $7K |
| Harold Dallas Rogers | R | $5K |
| Ken Calvert | R | $4K |
| Jennifer Kiggans | R | $4K |
| Robert J. Mr. Wittman | R | $4K |
| Michael Garcia | R | $3K |
| R. Jon Tester | D | $3K |
| Rick Larsen | D | $3K |
| C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | D | $3K |
| Betty Mccollum | D | $3K |
| Donald W Norcross | D | $2K |
| Walter Michael Ezell | R | $2K |
| Matthew A. Cartwright | D | $2K |
| Donald Sternoff Jr. Beyer | D | $2K |
| Michael R Rep. Turner | R | $2K |
| Brian Babin | R | $2K |
| Frank D. Lucas | R | $2K |
| Salud O. Carbajal | D | $2K |
| Michael Waltz | R | $2K |
| Michael Rogers | R | $2K |
| Douglas Lamborn | R | $1K |
| James E Hon. Banks | R | $1K |
| Robert B. Rep. Aderholt | R | $1K |
| Randy Weber | R | $1K |
| Roger Sen. Wicker | R | $1K |
| Dale Whitney Strong | R | $1K |
| Jamie Raskin | D | $1K |
| Michael A Jr Collins | R | $1K |
| Chrissy Houlahan | D | $1K |
| Charles J Fleischmann | R | $1K |
| David P. Joyce | R | $1K |
| Tom Cole | R | $1K |
| Andrew P Harris | R | $1K |
| Michael Simpson | R | $1K |
| Robert Garcia | D | $1K |
| Mark Mr. Messmer | R | $1K |
| Mario Diaz-balart | R | $1K |
| D. Adam Smith | D | $1K |
| John Anthony Jr. Olszewski | D | $1K |
Rocket Lab USA, INC. Political Action Committee (rocket Lab PAC) has a combined recorded federal activity total of $74K, made up of $74K in campaign contributions. 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.
Rocket Lab USA, INC. Political Action Committee (rocket Lab PAC) contributed $74K to political campaigns during the 2024 election cycle through its PAC. Rocket Lab USA, INC. Political Action Committee (rocket Lab PAC) supported 39 politicians, with the largest contribution going to Martin Heinrich ($7K). All contribution data is sourced from Federal Election Commission filings.
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.
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.
What to do with this organization
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.
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