Jared Huffman
Democrat
· CA-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Natural Resources (Chair) · and Wildlife (Chair) · and Public Lands · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials · House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis
Influence Score
44.4
Least exposed
↓ -1.9
vs 118th (46.2)
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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
3.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$2,166
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
5.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
12.6
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.2
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $29.51M 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 — $59K.
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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 | 46.5 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 46.1 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 46.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 44.3 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$62,000
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.
Share from this one network
3.1%
Amount from this network
$31,000
Total from all networks
$985,241
Networks contributing
131
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Who funds Huffman
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$589,585
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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
95.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
93.4%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
USPS
$2.06M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
USPS
$1.79M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
UP RAILROAD
$1.70M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.66M
GOOGLE
$1.43M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.38M
GOOGLE
$1.22M
CSX
$1.21M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.16M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jared Huffman comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$2K
Disclosed outside spending
$2K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.32%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$3K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
PARTY_C00405233
$709
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$240
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
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.
25 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $52K to Jared Huffman across 33 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$52K
Shared contributors
25
Contributions
33
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11 | 14 | $14K |
| 2024 | 13 | 16 | $36K |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $2K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Jared Huffman or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEN MILLER | Rep. George Miller (2003-2012) - Legislative Assistant, Legislative Director, De… | KADESH & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 31 | 309 | 2023–2025 |
| CHRISTINE SUR | Sea Grant Fellow for House Natural Resources Committee (Ranking Member Raul Grij… | THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Jared Huffman ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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