Jared Golden
Democrat
· ME-2 · 117th Congress
and Rural Business Development (Chair) · House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Natural Resources · Wildlife and Fisheries · House Committee on Small Business · Trade and Entrepreneurship
Influence Score
70.7
Highly exposed
↑ +4.6
vs 118th (62.9)
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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
12.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$9,789,689
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,716,761
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.4
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
12.0
/ 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
9.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
NORPAC
$3,050 direct
JSTREETPAC
$2,166 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $31.03M 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 — $62K.
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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 | 67.8 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 70.7 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 62.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$6,573,027
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
3.0%
Amount from this network
$63,000
Total from all networks
$2,080,482
Networks contributing
330
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Who funds Golden
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$19,320,015
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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
6.3%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
13.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Biggest clusters of timed money
SUMMIT UTILITIES
$500
BOEING
$250
MITRE
$217
CARNEY ELECTRIC
$50
WINSUPPLY PIONEER VALLEY
$25
WINSUPPLY PIONEER VALLEY
$25
WINSUPPLY PIONEER VALLEY
$25
WINSUPPLY PIONEER VALLEY
$5
WINSUPPLY PIONEER VALLEY
$4
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$239.91M
ULINE
$81.29M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
BLOOMBERG
$23.51M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$17.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.40M
EMC
$15.51M
BLOOMBERG
$13.22M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.69M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.35M
STG
$10.00M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$10.00M
REYES
$9.33M
REYES
$9.13M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jared Golden comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$26.64M
Disclosed outside spending
$26.62M
Dark-money outside spending
$17K
Share that is dark money
0.06%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$15K
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
SLF PAC
$15.44M
NRCC
$7.64M
RESTORATION PAC
$3.13M
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$2.59M
DCCC
$1.79M
AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.
$1.09M
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$868K
THE MODERATE PAC, INC.
$749K
STRATEGIC MAJORITY PAC
$474K
POLE POSITION PAC
$452K
AMERICA PAC
$374K
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$360K
VETERANS FOR RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP
$120K
FIREFIGHTERS COALITION OF AMERICA PAC
$98K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$92K
Groups that hide their donors
$15K
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.
509 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $985K to Jared Golden across 715 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$985K
Shared contributors
509
Contributions
715
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 69 | 106 | $141K |
| 2024 | 349 | 424 | $594K |
| 2026 | 156 | 185 | $250K |
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Jared Golden'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