Jerrold Nadler
Democrat
· NY-12 · 119th Congress
House Committee on the Judiciary (Chair) · Regulatory Reform (Chair) · and Antitrust (Chair) · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials · and Enforcement
Influence Score
51.9
Moderately exposed
↓ -3.7
vs 118th (55.6)
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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
2.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$70,498
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
5.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.7
/ 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
12.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.5
/ 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
2.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$3,750 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $33.26M 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 — $67K.
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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 | 55.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 55.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 51.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
J STREET ACTION FUND
Total money from this network
$75,250
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
3.6%
Amount from this network
$39,500
Total from all networks
$1,109,737
Networks contributing
168
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Who funds Nadler
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
1.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
Times money arrived near a vote
8
Money that arrived near votes
$13K
Distinct donors
8
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
1.42%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GIBSON DUNN
$3K
GIBSON DUNN
$3K
GALLET DREYER BERKEY LLP
$1K
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
$1K
PHILLIPS NIZER LLP
$1K
PROSKAUER LLP
$1K
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
$1K
WARSHAW BURSTEIN LLP
$1K
GALLET DREYER BERKEY LLP
$500
PHILLIPS NIZER LLP
$500
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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
GENERAL MOTORS
$3.03M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.02M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.99M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.92M
BNSF RAILWAY
$1.84M
GOOGLE
$1.72M
GENERAL MOTORS
$1.71M
UP RAILROAD
$1.70M
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$1.68M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.56M
CHARTER
$1.41M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.39M
MICROSOFT
$1.36M
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
$1.31M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jerrold Nadler comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$70K
Disclosed outside spending
$70K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
J STREET ACTION FUND
$70K
HEROES UNITED PAC, DBA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, DBA ASSOCIATION OF POLICE & FIRST RESPONDERS
$5K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$480
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$30
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.
61 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $119K to Jerrold Nadler across 112 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$119K
Shared contributors
61
Contributions
112
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 42 | 59 | $63K |
| 2024 | 23 | 37 | $39K |
| 2026 | 13 | 16 | $17K |
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Revolving Door
4 former staff members
who worked for Jerrold Nadler or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIMBERLY CORBIN | Sen. Adv., H. Rules Chairman Jim McGovern; U.S. Jt. Econ. Cmte Staff Dir., Sen. … | CORBIN STRATEGIES LLC | 5 | 6 | 2024–2025 |
| KIMBERLY CORBIN | Sen. Adv., H. Rules Chairman Jim McGovern; U.S. Jt. Econ. Cmte Staff Dir., Sen. … | PIONEER PUBLIC AFFAIRS | 4 | 4 | 2023–2023 |
| AMY RUTKIN | Chief of Staff, Rep. Jerry Nadler; Staff Director, House Judiciary | NVG, LLC | 4 | 14 | 2024–2025 |
| BRETT HEIMOV | A.A. Congressman Jerrold Nadler, 1999-2004 | ENVISION STRATEGY, LLC | 2 | 13 | 2023–2025 |
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Jerrold Nadler 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