Brandon Mcdonald Williams
Republican
· NY-22 · 119th Congress
Influence Score
0.0
Not scored
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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
0.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$9,301,617
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
0.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
0.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,706 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,349 direct
NORPAC
$3,050 direct
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Williams
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
No sponsor relationships on file.
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$22.26M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.39M
EMC
$15.52M
BLOOMBERG
$14.31M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.70M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.25M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.34M
REYES
$9.15M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.70M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.50M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.11M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Brandon Mcdonald Williams comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10.87M
Disclosed outside spending
$10.34M
Dark-money outside spending
$528K
Share that is dark money
4.86%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$458K
Groups hiding their donors
7
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$5.12M
DCCC
$2.75M
SLF PAC
$872K
AMERICAN PATRIOTS PAC
$690K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$400K
VOTEVETS
$300K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$250K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO
$200K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP PAC
$89K
ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION
$61K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$20K
SAVE CENTRAL NEW YORK PAC
$20K
GOA VICTORY FUND
$17K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$10K
PATRIOTS FOR A BRIGHTER AMERICA
$9K
Groups that hide their donors
$8K
1 smaller group under $500
$123
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
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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.
87 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $300K to Brandon Mcdonald Williams across 209 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$300K
Shared contributors
87
Contributions
209
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 14 | 17 | $24K |
| 2024 | 80 | 192 | $276K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Brandon Mcdonald Williams or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KENT WILLIAMS | State Senator representing the District 30. Senator Williams joined me as a cour… | NADIK CONSULTING | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Brandon Mcdonald Williams is not scored: there is no usable voting record to rank against — either the vote and contribution records have not yet been matched to this member, or this is a non-voting delegate. This is the absence of a score, not a finding of low 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