Claudia Tenney
Republican
· NY-24 · 117th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Environment · and Cyber · International Organizations · and Global Corporate Social Impact · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · and Rural Business Development · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
65.6
Moderately exposed
↑ +9.9
vs 118th (64.8)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.8
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$715,271
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$17,383,690
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.9
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 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
10.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $72.68M 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 — $145K.
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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 | 65.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 64.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 74.7 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$61,500
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$41,000
Total from all networks
$2,659,484
Networks contributing
497
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Who funds Tenney
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$11,728,191
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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
97.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
97.4%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$40K
Distinct donors
15
Distinct employers
11
Share of their total fundraising
2.28%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
COINBASE
$5K
COINBASE
$3K
NVIDIA
$3K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$2K
UNITED REFINING
$2K
MORGAN STANLEY
$2K
ACCENT STRIPE
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$4.39M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.65M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.37M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.18M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.92M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$2.24M
HOMEMAKER
$2.22M
USPS
$2.12M
BOEING
$2.05M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$2.02M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.01M
UNITED HEALTHCARE SERVICES
$1.93M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Claudia Tenney comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$59K
Disclosed outside spending
$59K
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
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$5.68M
DCCC
$4.63M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$1.22M
SLF PAC
$965K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$802K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$731K
FAIR SHARE ACTION
$597K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$520K
NEW YORK HOTEL TRADES COUNCIL & UNITE HERE LOCAL 6 PAC
$265K
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC)
$248K
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$96K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$86K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$74K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$62K
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC
$58K
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.
88 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $667K to Claudia Tenney across 223 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$667K
Shared contributors
88
Contributions
223
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30 | 57 | $281K |
| 2024 | 42 | 111 | $313K |
| 2026 | 36 | 55 | $73K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Claudia Tenney or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERESA DORN | Executive Legislative Assistant - Rep. Claudia Tenney, Deputy Chief of Staff - R… | NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| STEPHEN SIMONETTI | Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Claudia Tenney; Senior Advisor, Rep. Rudy Yakym; Sen… | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | 1 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
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Claudia Tenney 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