Janelle S. Bynum
Democrat
· OR-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services
Influence Score
47.6
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
4.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,921,128
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$8,300,914
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.5
/ 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
7.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
1.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$8,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $9.27M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, China, South Korea. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $19K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$3,069,524
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
DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PAC
Share from this one network
3.3%
Amount from this network
$52,756
Total from all networks
$1,593,569
Networks contributing
386
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Who funds Bynum
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,766,104
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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
0.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
21.5%
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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
$17.00M
BLOOMBERG
$16.47M
EMC
$15.51M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.13M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.51M
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$5.00M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$4.84M
GREYLOCK
$4.68M
PATHWAYS ORG
$4.60M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$4.60M
MOUNTAIRE
$4.59M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$4.03M
SIMONS
$3.80M
STEPHENS
$3.50M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$3.34M
HEISING-SIMONS
$3.20M
STATE OF ILLINOIS
$3.12M
BALLMER
$3.04M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Janelle S. Bynum comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$12.23M
Disclosed outside spending
$12.05M
Dark-money outside spending
$175K
Share that is dark money
1.44%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$174K
Groups hiding their donors
4
By funding network
SLF PAC
$5.43M
DCCC
$2.25M
NRCC
$1.96M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$539K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$520K
314 ACTION FUND
$474K
MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PAC
$377K
THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUND
$216K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$181K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$157K
UNITED WE CAN
$106K
WORKING AMERICA
$17K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$2K
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$1K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$83
Groups that hide their donors
$157K
$17K
1 smaller group under $500
$135
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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.
53 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $108K to Janelle S. Bynum across 112 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$108K
Shared contributors
53
Contributions
112
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38 | 71 | $69K |
| 2026 | 24 | 41 | $39K |
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Janelle S. Bynum 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