George Latimer
Democrat
· NY-16 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access
Influence Score
50.5
Least exposed
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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
0.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,560,731
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,144,972
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.7
/ 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
7.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
2.2
/ 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
11.4
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$219,173 direct
NORPAC
$43,550 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $20.01M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $40K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
Total money from this network
$21,717,387
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
37.5%
Amount from this network
$219,173
Total from all networks
$584,373
Networks contributing
89
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Who funds Latimer
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
99.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
THE MARCUS
$3.00M
SABAN CAPITAL
$2.00M
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$2.00M
GREENSKY
$2.00M
CHARTER
$1.41M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$1.33M
CAPITAL
$1.28M
APOLLO MANAGEMENT
$1.26M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.19M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.07M
JLL
$1.00M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$946K
UNITED AIRLINES
$859K
COZEN O CONNOR
$829K
CSX
$654K
AMAZON COM SERVICES
$573K
HOUSING
$572K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
AT T SERVICES
$561K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against George Latimer comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6.74M
Disclosed outside spending
$6.74M
Dark-money outside spending
$1K
Share that is dark money
0.02%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')
$4.73M
DMFI PAC
$915K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$569K
REJECT AIPAC PAC
$392K
EMGAGE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$100K
WAKE UP ENTERPRISES INC
$1K
JDCA PAC
$667
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
2,136 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.81M to George Latimer across 2,653 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.81M
Shared contributors
2,136
Contributions
2,653
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2,136 | 2,650 | $2.81M |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $7K |
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George Latimer ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no 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