Jennifer A. Kiggans
Republican
· VA-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
73.5
Highly exposed
↑ +6.8
vs 118th (66.3)
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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
7.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,771,571
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,314,459
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.2
/ 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
9.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.8
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$5,680 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,504 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $37.26M 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 — $75K.
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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 | 66.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 73.1 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$4,364,038
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
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
Share from this one network
1.2%
Amount from this network
$37,500
Total from all networks
$3,167,866
Networks contributing
562
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Who funds Kiggans
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$5,037,851
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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
1.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
2.6%
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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
2
Money that arrived near votes
$8K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
0.15%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$7K
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
$1K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$598
BAE SYSTEMS
$500
POWER ELECTRIC
$500
POWER ELECTRIC
$500
SAIC RESTON VA
$500
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
$260
L3HARRIS
$255
CHEVRON
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ORACLE
$30.21M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$23.01M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.39M
BLOOMBERG
$15.76M
EMC
$15.52M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$11.11M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.70M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.33M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.17M
REYES
$9.15M
HOMEMAKER
$8.19M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.68M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jennifer A. Kiggans comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$11.12M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.72M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.40M
Share that is dark money
12.58%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$423K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$4.18M
SLF PAC
$1.13M
DCCC
$1.06M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$973K
VOTEVETS
$935K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$415K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$300K
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC)
$271K
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR A SAFER AMERICA PAC
$250K
HONORING AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT PAC
$238K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$219K
EMPOWERING VIRGINIA PARENTS
$170K
BATTLEGROUND DEMOCRATS
$150K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$123K
JENNIFER BARBOSA FOR CONGRESS
$88K
Groups that hide their donors
$415K
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
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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.
82 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.33M to Jennifer A. Kiggans across 312 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.33M
Shared contributors
82
Contributions
312
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 19 | $52K |
| 2024 | 55 | 147 | $253K |
| 2026 | 29 | 146 | $1.02M |
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Jennifer A. Kiggans's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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