Andrew R. Garbarino
Republican
· NY-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security (Chair) · Infrastructure Protection (Chair) · and Innovation (Chair) · House Committee on Ethics · House Committee on Financial Services · and Recovery · House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access · and Workforce Development
Influence Score
80.4
Highly exposed
↑ +6.8
vs 118th (73.3)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$432,202
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$255,963
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.1
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.2
/ 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
11.7
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,504 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$31 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $18.60M 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 — $37K.
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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 | 46.8 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.3 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 80.1 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$250,536
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$78,000
Total from all networks
$5,133,664
Networks contributing
616
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Who funds Garbarino
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
78.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
72.0%
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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
36
Money that arrived near votes
$95K
Distinct donors
47
Distinct employers
24
Share of their total fundraising
4.25%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CHARLES SCHWAB
$7K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L P
$7K
GREYLOCK
$7K
MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$4K
BANK OZK
$3K
BNY MELLON
$3K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$3K
INSURANCE BROKER
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$22.19M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.00M
EMC
$15.51M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.69M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.35M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
STG
$10.00M
REYES
$9.34M
REYES
$9.01M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.50M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.08M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Andrew R. Garbarino comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$783K
Disclosed outside spending
$688K
Dark-money outside spending
$95K
Share that is dark money
12.18%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$45K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$3.11M
DCCC
$1.17M
WOMEN VOTE
$583K
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$343K
VOTEVETS
$238K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$196K
VPP
$192K
SLF PAC
$169K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$143K
DMFI PAC
$140K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$99K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$75K
THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUND
$63K
USA FREEDOM FUND
$50K
CENTER FORWARD INITIATIVE INC
$49K
Groups that hide their donors
$50K
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.
DCCC
$248K
NRCC
$225K
HEALTHCARE FREEDOM SUPER PAC
$195K
DSCC
$98K
NRSC
$98K
REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE TUESDAY PAC
$90K
MORGAN GRIFFITH FOR CONGRESS
$90K
MILLER-MEEKS FOR CONGRESS
$75K
DR JOHN JOYCE FOR CONGRESS
$75K
PALLONE FOR CONGRESS
$75K
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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.
151 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $761K to Andrew R. Garbarino across 215 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$761K
Shared contributors
151
Contributions
215
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 48 | 80 | $263K |
| 2024 | 97 | 113 | $217K |
| 2026 | 20 | 22 | $280K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Andrew R. Garbarino or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN TOMLIN | Rep. Andrew Garbarino; Senator Chuck Schumer; Senator Kirsten Gillibrand | ACTUM I, LLC | 3 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
| ANDREW TARANTO | Rep. Andrew Garbarino; Senator Chuck Schumer; Senator Kirsten Gillibrand | ACTUM I, LLC | 3 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
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Andrew R. Garbarino'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