Jim Jordan
Republican
· OH-4 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Oversight and Reform (Chair) · House Committee on the Judiciary (Chair) · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Intellectual Property · and the Internet · Civil Rights · and Civil Liberties · House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis
Influence Score
53.4
Moderately exposed
↑ +3.3
vs 118th (49.9)
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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
2.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$14,392
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$54,730
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
2.7
/ 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
13.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$17,532 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$10,470 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $39.26M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $79K.
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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 | 49.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 49.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 53.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Total money from this network
$31,114
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
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
Share from this one network
2.7%
Amount from this network
$27,801
Total from all networks
$1,036,296
Networks contributing
172
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Who funds Jordan
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$414,534
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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
0.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
16.0%
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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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$4K
Distinct donors
5
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.05%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ATTORNEY CONSULTANT
$2K
NOSSAMAN LLP
$1K
SEMPLE MARCHAL COOPER LLP
$1K
JONES DAY
$500
NOSSAMAN LLP
$500
ACCENT STRIPE
$250
AMAZON
$250
AMAZON
$250
THE PERLES LAW FIRM PC
$250
AMD
$154
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.60M
CHARTER
$1.41M
ABBOTT
$1.23M
NIRVANA TECHNOLOGY
$1.20M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.16M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.16M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.15M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.09M
HOMEMAKER
$1.06M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.05M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$1.04M
SEQUOIA CAPITAL
$1.01M
BLOOMBERG
$1.00M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
UP RAILROAD
$984K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$974K
BNSF RAILWAY
$958K
RYAN
$924K
AT T SERVICES
$885K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jim Jordan comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$71K
Disclosed outside spending
$68K
Dark-money outside spending
$2K
Share that is dark money
3.28%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$2K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION
$111K
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$30K
MAD DOG PAC
$16K
GREENWAVE
$14K
MISSION DEMOCRACY PAC
$9K
CLOWNS SUPERPAC
$5K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$5K
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUND
$2K
ULTRAVIOLET PAC
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
DEFEAT BY TWEET
$823
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION
$504
THE LINCOLN PROJECT
$250
SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTION
$135
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.
JEFFREY J KOLOZE
$8K
GEORGE ERBACHER
$3K
THOMAS MORRIS
$2K
EDWIN BOTERO
$300
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$80K
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$80K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$79K
GEORGE SOROS
$525.74M
SMP
$81.00M
BLACKPAC
$47.25M
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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.
375 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.44M to Jim Jordan across 1,162 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.44M
Shared contributors
375
Contributions
1,162
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 105 | 476 | $231K |
| 2024 | 214 | 418 | $590K |
| 2026 | 153 | 268 | $623K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Jim Jordan or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSH ARNOLD | Exec. Assistant Rep. Jordan (15-16); Dept. Chief of Staff Sen. Lummis (20-22) | A16Z CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (F/K/A AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.L.C., D/B/A ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ) | 1 | 5 | 2025–2025 |
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Jim Jordan 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