Ashley Hinson
Republican
· IA-2 · 118th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · and Housing and Urban Development · House Committee on Ethics · House Committee on the Budget · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
78.6
Highly exposed
↑ +0.5
vs 118th (78.6)
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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
9.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.9
/ 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
11.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.5
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$7,900 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $139.49M 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 — $279K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 75.1 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 78.6 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 79.1 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$1,080,411
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.
Share from this one network
1.2%
Amount from this network
$48,000
Total from all networks
$3,943,198
Networks contributing
595
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Who funds Hinson
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,700,782
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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
13.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
5.3%
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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
39
Money that arrived near votes
$119K
Distinct donors
51
Distinct employers
28
Share of their total fundraising
2.67%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL
$7K
CIENA HEALTH CARE
$7K
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
ULINE
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ORACLE
$30.24M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.51M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$11.11M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.61M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
STG
$10.00M
REYES
$9.35M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.05M
REYES
$9.04M
HOMEMAKER
$8.53M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.57M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.28M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ashley Hinson comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.75M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.57M
Dark-money outside spending
$177K
Share that is dark money
10.11%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$1.93M
DCCC
$1.28M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$768K
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)
$572K
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.
$547K
SLF PAC
$450K
WOMEN VOTE
$171K
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC
$109K
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$100K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
$94K
FUTURE LEADERS FUND
$34K
BIG RED ACTION FUND
$25K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$21K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$14K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$7K
Groups that hide their donors
1 smaller group under $500
$8
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.
235 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.47M to Ashley Hinson across 559 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.47M
Shared contributors
235
Contributions
559
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34 | 171 | $393K |
| 2024 | 63 | 144 | $427K |
| 2026 | 173 | 244 | $1.65M |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Ashley Hinson or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JIMMY PEACOCK | Chief of Staff (Senator Eric Schmitt), Chief of Staff (Congresswoman Ashley Hins… | CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. | 12 | 23 | 2025–2025 |
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Ashley Hinson's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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