Chris Pappas
Democrat
· NH-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · Public Buildings · and Emergency Management · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
66.8
Moderately exposed
↑ +5.1
vs 118th (59.2)
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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
8.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$548,598
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$8,954,918
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.2
/ 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
11.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
NORPAC
$19,500 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$19,003 direct
DMFI PAC
$2,000 direct · $1,974 outside spending
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $20.42M 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 — $41K.
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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 | 67.4 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 47.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 59.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 64.3 | 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
$2,336,455
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
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Share from this one network
2.4%
Amount from this network
$62,500
Total from all networks
$2,655,108
Networks contributing
343
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Who funds Pappas
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,010,300
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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
3.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
10.4%
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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
JETBLUE AIRWAYS
$250
DELTA AIRLINES
$100
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$31.42M
CITADEL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$27.00M
NEWSWEB
$16.30M
BLOOMBERG
$14.34M
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$12.50M
THE BLACKSTONE
$10.69M
RYAN SPECIALTY
$10.35M
REYES
$9.33M
SAND HILLS PUBLISHING
$7.50M
THE CHARLES SCHWAB
$7.50M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.53M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
EMC
$6.26M
FTX
$6.19M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$5.50M
FAHR
$5.09M
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$5.00M
HOMEMAKER
$4.13M
SIMONS
$3.80M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Chris Pappas comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9.59M
Disclosed outside spending
$9.06M
Dark-money outside spending
$533K
Share that is dark money
5.56%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$106K
Groups hiding their donors
8
By funding network
SLF PAC
$5.13M
NRCC
$3.43M
EQUALITY PAC
$464K
FREEDOM'S FUTURE FUND INC.
$385K
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
$201K
NEXTGEN CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
$160K
NH FREEDOM FUND, INC.
$70K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$55K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$48K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$40K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$37K
FIREFIGHTERS COALITION OF AMERICA PAC
$27K
WORKING AMERICA
$19K
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$13K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$11K
Groups that hide their donors
$48K
$39K
$19K
1 smaller group under $500
$369
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.
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$84K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$82K
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO
$26K
PAUL DOOLEY
$17K
CYNTHIA SNELL
$6K
ROSLYN MEYER
$5K
DONALD HENLEY
$4K
WILIAM HANEY
$4K
CATHERINE ROMLEY
$2K
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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.
584 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.10M to Chris Pappas across 756 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.10M
Shared contributors
584
Contributions
756
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 112 | 144 | $187K |
| 2024 | 220 | 254 | $307K |
| 2026 | 311 | 358 | $603K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Chris Pappas or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RACHEL DEMBO | Legislative Intern, Rep. Louis Frankel; Legislative intern, House Committee on V… | DGA GROUP GOVERNMENT RELATIONS LLC | 2 | 2 | 2023–2023 |
| NANDINI NARAYAN | Staff Assistant/scheduler - Rep. Ro Khanna; Legislative Assistant, Rep. T.J. Cox… | TRANSCANADA PIPELINES, LTD | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Chris Pappas 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