Ro Khanna
Democrat
· CA-17 · 119th Congress
Information Technologies (Chair) · and Innovation (Chair) · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · and Credit · House Committee on Armed Services · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Information Technology · and Government Innovation · Energy Policy · and Regulatory Affairs · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
53.0
Moderately exposed
↓ -2.9
vs 118th (55.8)
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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
0.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$111,582
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
4.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.2
/ 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
12.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$17,060 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $29.45M 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 — $59K.
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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 | 69.9 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.7 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 55.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 52.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$162,818
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Who funds Khanna
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$124,946
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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
100.0%
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
28
Money that arrived near votes
$95K
Distinct donors
38
Distinct employers
23
Share of their total fundraising
0.95%
Biggest clusters of timed money
COOLEY LLP
$7K
BARTLIT BECK LLP
$7K
CHUGH LLP
$7K
COOLEY LLP
$7K
HANSON BRIDGETT LLP
$7K
ROPES GRAY LLP
$7K
CROWE LLP
$5K
QUINN EMANUEL
$4K
QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART SULLIVAN LLP
$4K
ARNOLD PORTER
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1.75M
USPS
$1.17M
BLOOMBERG
$1.00M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
USPS
$970K
ARREVA
$500K
GIVE LIVELY
$500K
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
$500K
SV ANGEL
$500K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$441K
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
$329K
MERITAGE
$328K
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
$284K
HERZOG CONTRACTING
$284K
CHICAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS
$280K
NELSON MULLINS
$271K
CHICAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS
$245K
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$244K
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$227K
IUOE LOCAL L0003
$215K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ro Khanna comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$112K
Disclosed outside spending
$111K
Dark-money outside spending
$1K
Share that is dark money
0.98%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$109K
OHLONE AREA UNITED DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
$13K
HE'S GOTTA GO PAC
$4K
COURAGE CALIFORNIA SUPER PAC
$3K
SOUTH BAY AFL-CIO LABOR COUNCIL
$1K
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
READY FOR REFORM.COM SPONSORED BY DEPUTY SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY
$610
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
NEVADA ADVOCATES FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD AFFILIATES PAC (NAPPA PAC)
$120
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$105
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
DIGNITY CA SEIU LOCAL 2015
$6
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.
103 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $857K to Ro Khanna across 290 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$857K
Shared contributors
103
Contributions
290
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 51 | 93 | $244K |
| 2024 | 55 | 110 | $317K |
| 2026 | 40 | 87 | $296K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Ro Khanna or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NANDINI NARAYAN | Staff Assistant/scheduler - Rep. Ro Khanna; Legislative Assistant, Rep. T.J. Cox… | TRANSCANADA PIPELINES, LTD | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Ro Khanna 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