Young Kim
Republican
· CA-40 · 118th Congress
and Workforce Development (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · Global Health · and Global Human Rights · the Pacific · Central Asia · and Nonproliferation · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
77.2
Highly exposed
↑ +9.1
vs 118th (77.2)
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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
9.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
5.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$7,327,280
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$188,380
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
2.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.0
/ 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
12.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
PRO-ISRAEL AMERICA PAC
$9,953 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$7,900 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $21.84M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Japan, China. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $44K.
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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 | 68.4 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 77.2 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 86.3 | 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
$2,886,320
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
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
Share from this one network
22.5%
Amount from this network
$1,562,500
Total from all networks
$6,944,552
Networks contributing
662
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Who funds Kim
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$8,933,516
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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
72.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
58.5%
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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
38
Money that arrived near votes
$113K
Distinct donors
47
Distinct employers
30
Share of their total fundraising
1.60%
Biggest clusters of timed money
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
CANTOR FITZGERALD
$7K
CHARLES SCHWAB
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$4K
BLACKSTONE
$3K
CENTAURIS FINANCIAL
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$67.01M
ORACLE
$30.19M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
EMC
$15.52M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.64M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.26M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.33M
REYES
$9.15M
MOUNTAIRE
$9.13M
HOMEMAKER
$8.09M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.51M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$6.68M
HOMEMAKER
$6.47M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.27M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Young Kim comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$3.84M
Disclosed outside spending
$3.49M
Dark-money outside spending
$357K
Share that is dark money
9.30%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$7K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$5.10M
SLF PAC
$3.33M
FAIRSHAKE
$1.92M
AMERICANS 4 SECURITY PAC
$1.42M
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$915K
DCCC
$436K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$305K
AMERICAN FUTURE FUND
$284K
AMERICAN FUTURE FUND POLITICAL ACTION
$113K
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$107K
VOTEVETS.ORG ACTION FUND
$105K
SPIRIT OF AMERICA PAC
$86K
PARTY_C00140590
$83K
314 ACTION FUND
$75K
COMMITTEE FOR WORKING FAMILIES, SPONSORED BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
$71K
Groups that hide their donors
$12K
1 smaller group under $500
$19
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.
312 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.73M to Young Kim across 798 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.73M
Shared contributors
312
Contributions
798
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 95 | 193 | $323K |
| 2024 | 187 | 360 | $404K |
| 2026 | 80 | 245 | $1.00M |
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Young Kim'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