Judy Chu
Democrat
· CA-28 · 119th Congress
Oversight and Regulations (Chair) · House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access · and Regulations · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
71.4
Moderately exposed
↑ +3.6
vs 118th (67.8)
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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
6.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$6,131
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
10.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
13.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $166.71M 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 — $333K.
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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 | 67.4 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 70.4 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 67.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 71.4 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$50,000
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.
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
1.9%
Amount from this network
$30,000
Total from all networks
$1,616,674
Networks contributing
246
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Who funds Chu
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,060,569
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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
99.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
84.0%
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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
22
Money that arrived near votes
$44K
Distinct donors
26
Distinct employers
16
Share of their total fundraising
2.46%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ROYAL BUSINESS BANK
$7K
EAST WEST BANK
$5K
NEW OMNI BANK
$5K
DEHENG LAW OFFICES
$3K
FREDERICK W HONG LAW OFFICES
$3K
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$2K
DAVID HIRSON LLP
$2K
LAW OFFICES OF DAVID FANG
$2K
EAST WEST BANK
$2K
NEW OMNI BANK
$2K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
GENERAL MOTORS
$3.03M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.97M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.62M
CHARTER
$2.51M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$2.17M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.91M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.89M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Judy Chu comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$15K
Disclosed outside spending
$15K
Dark-money outside spending
$62
Share that is dark money
0.40%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$54
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
AMERICAN COALITION FOR CRISIS RELIEF PAC
$5K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$3K
AFT SOLIDARITY
$500
DEMOCRACY PAC
$191
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
LCV VICTORY FUND
$54
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ADVOCATES PASADENA AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY PAC
$7
Groups that hide their donors
2 smaller groups under $500
$62
Likely donors behind the dark money supporting this member
Inferred
Donors who fund the disclosed PACs in the same network as the hidden groups above. "Coverage" is how many of that network's disclosed groups a donor funds — the more they fund, the more likely they also back the hidden group.
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
AB PAC
$25.50M
HMP
$15.00M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC
$15.00M
CARE IN ACTION PAC
$6.60M
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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.
68 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $275K to Judy Chu across 169 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$275K
Shared contributors
68
Contributions
169
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 28 | 49 | $62K |
| 2024 | 46 | 92 | $179K |
| 2026 | 21 | 28 | $34K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Judy Chu or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMELIA BINDER | Chief of Staff, Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) | NATIONAL MUSIC PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION | 1 | 4 | 2023–2023 |
| AMELIA BINDER | Chief of Staff, Rep. Judy Chu | AXEL SPRINGER | 1 | 8 | 2024–2025 |
| CAITLIN KOVALKOSKI | Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, International Trade Admin… | ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Judy Chu sits in the middle of this Congress on the index. There is a measured sponsor relationship, but the vote-alignment signal is weaker — money flows; the votes do not follow in lockstep.
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