Jonathan L. Jackson
Democrat
· IL-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · Digital Assets · and Rural Development · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Influence Score
40.2
Least exposed
↑ +0.6
vs 118th (35.9)
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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
1.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,299,323
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
3.5
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.7
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
8.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$7,600 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$2,900 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $17.49M 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 — $35K.
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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 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 35.9 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 36.5 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
GMI PAC, INC.
Total money from this network
$491,250
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
4.0%
Amount from this network
$23,000
Total from all networks
$575,068
Networks contributing
141
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Who funds Jackson
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,584,493
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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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
FTX
$28.03M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BOEING
$4.38M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.90M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.85M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
UP RAILROAD
$1.76M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.71M
CENTENE
$1.46M
GOOGLE
$1.46M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.29M
ABBVIE
$1.28M
MICROSOFT
$1.19M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.16M
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION
$1.15M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jonathan L. Jackson comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
PROTECT OUR FUTURE PAC
$500K
GMI PAC, INC.
$491K
DAO FOR AMERICA
$308K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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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.
8 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $74K to Jonathan L. Jackson across 11 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$74K
Shared contributors
8
Contributions
11
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | $4K |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 | $70K |
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Jonathan L. Jackson 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