Josh Gottheimer
Democrat
· NJ-5 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · and Capital Markets · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · International Development · and Monetary Policy · House Committee on Homeland Security · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
83.7
Highly exposed
↑ +3.8
vs 118th (79.9)
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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
10.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$400,418
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,301
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
< 0.1
/ 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
10.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$99,697 direct
NORPAC
$83,200 direct
CITIZENS ORGANIZED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$5,000 direct
CITYPAC
$1,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $15.49M 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 — $31K.
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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 | 63.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 53.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 79.9 | Most exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 83.7 | Most exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$242,791
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
2.4%
Amount from this network
$107,597
Total from all networks
$4,407,290
Networks contributing
546
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Who funds Gottheimer
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
7.5%
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
154
Money that arrived near votes
$602K
Distinct donors
251
Distinct employers
74
Share of their total fundraising
8.27%
Biggest clusters of timed money
KKR
$21K
KKR
$19K
BLACKSTONE
$13K
FORTRESS INVESTMENT
$12K
VIRTU FINANCIAL
$10K
ADVANCE FINANCIAL
$10K
BLACKSTONE
$10K
BLACKSTONE
$10K
CENTERVIEW
$10K
ANDELL
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$68.75M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5.00M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.64M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.47M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.40M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.16M
EY
$3.03M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$2.96M
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
$2.94M
CHARTER
$2.65M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Josh Gottheimer comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$432K
Disclosed outside spending
$427K
Dark-money outside spending
$5K
Share that is dark money
1.18%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
NEW LEADERS 2024
$388K
FAIRSHAKE
$243K
PATRIOT MAJORITY PAC
$175K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$152K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$51K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$37K
LV STRONG
$19K
HUMANE SOCIETY LEGISLATIVE FUND
$11K
HEROES UNITED PAC, DBA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, DBA ASSOCIATION OF POLICE & FIRST RESPONDERS
$6K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$6K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$301
DEMOCRACY PAC
$191
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$40
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.
1,093 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.85M to Josh Gottheimer across 1,521 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.85M
Shared contributors
1,093
Contributions
1,521
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 301 | 394 | $436K |
| 2024 | 567 | 672 | $827K |
| 2026 | 390 | 455 | $583K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Josh Gottheimer or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VINCENT SARUBBI | Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director, Rep. Josh Gottheimer; Legis. Ass… | DLA PIPER LLP (US) | 17 | 18 | 2025–2025 |
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Josh Gottheimer'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