Adriano Espaillat
Democrat
· NY-13 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Foreign Operations · and Related Programs · Housing and Urban Development · and Related Agencies · and Housing and Urban Development · House Committee on Education and Labor · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Civilian Security · and Trade · House Committee on Small Business · Tax and Capital Access · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Influence Score
57.5
Moderately exposed
↓ -4.8
vs 118th (63.4)
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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
3.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$29,362
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
2.4
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.3
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
2.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.6
/ 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
3.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$21,888 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $131.55M 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 — $263K.
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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 | 56.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 64.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 63.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 58.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Total money from this network
$44,000
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
LATINO VICTORY FUND
Share from this one network
32.4%
Amount from this network
$477,000
Total from all networks
$1,472,158
Networks contributing
170
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Who funds Espaillat
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$596,307
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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
14.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
71.4%
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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
$59K
Distinct donors
36
Distinct employers
15
Share of their total fundraising
4.35%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ATABEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$8K
BAIN CAPITAL
$7K
GOTHAM ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
MONROE COLLEGE
$6K
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$5K
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$4K
BLOOMBERG
$3K
MONROE COLLEGE
$2K
MONROE COLLEGE
$2K
KING SPALDING LLP
$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
$3.79M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.93M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
SCHUSTERMAN INTERESTS
$2.51M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.91M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.86M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.71M
UP RAILROAD
$1.70M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$1.68M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Adriano Espaillat comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$29K
Disclosed outside spending
$20
Dark-money outside spending
$29K
Share that is dark money
99.93%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$29K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
WE ACT 4 CHANGE
$29K
HEROES UNITED PAC, DBA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, DBA ASSOCIATION OF POLICE & FIRST RESPONDERS
$7K
UNITED WE DREAM ACTION PAC
$212
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
Groups that hide their donors
$29K
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.
236 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $412K to Adriano Espaillat across 292 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$412K
Shared contributors
236
Contributions
292
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 49 | 51 | $81K |
| 2024 | 138 | 150 | $201K |
| 2026 | 80 | 91 | $130K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Adriano Espaillat or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JASMINE THEOBAL | Communications Intern - Rep. Adriano Espaillat - US House of Representative Jan … | COVISTA INC.(FKA ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION) | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
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Adriano Espaillat 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