Putting nothing to chance, the Koch brothers have already front-loaded nearly half of its $900 million political war chest, throwing money directly in to states–and behind Koch-friendly governors and candidates–they’re betting on to deliver on their self-serving agenda.

Earlier this week in a new academic study, “The Koch Effect: The Impact of a Cadre-Led Network on American Politics,” it described the pervasiveness of the Koch brothers’ network and its efforts to take over the Republican Party.

The report found:

• Koch-backed organizations fund 76% of all of the budgets of “GOP-conservative organizations created since 2002.
• Koch-funded organizations encourage politicians “to compete to prove they can be effective spokespersons for, and executors of, the Koch agenda,” instead of making candidate endorsements.
• According to Americans For Prosperity’s national congressional scorecards, Republican House and Senate members “have voted with AFP most of the time…with compliance rising from 73% in 2007 to 88% in 2015.”