Andy Kim
Democrat
· NJ-3 · 117th Congress
Influence Score
71.7
Highly exposed
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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
1.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$537,848
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,023,662
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
11.7
/ 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
11.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.4
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
5.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct
JSTREETPAC
$808 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $66.83M 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 — $134K.
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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 | 68.7 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 71.7 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 70.5 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 64.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
No top sponsor identified.
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Who funds Kim
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$11,000,405
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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
0.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLOOMBERG
$31.19M
NEWSWEB
$16.40M
EUCLIDEAN CAPITAL
$6.52M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
FTX
$6.10M
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$3.43M
GREYLOCK
$2.93M
BAIN CAPITAL
$2.48M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.30M
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$1.25M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.16M
USPS
$1.15M
VISION RIDGE
$1.09M
PILOT HOUSE ASSOCIATES
$1.09M
BALLMER
$1.07M
NETFLIX
$1.06M
MCARTHUR GLEN
$1.05M
SUFFOLK CONSTRUCTION
$1.02M
BAUPOST
$1.01M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Andy Kim comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.66M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.53M
Dark-money outside spending
$130K
Share that is dark money
7.84%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$123K
Groups hiding their donors
6
By funding network
SLF PAC
$3.23M
NRCC
$1.46M
GARDEN STATE ADVANCE, INC.
$1.45M
RJC VICTORY FUND
$478K
SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY AMERICA
$171K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$108K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$96K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$35K
FAIR AND BALANCED PAC
$27K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$24K
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$17K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$15K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$15K
ACTION TOGETHER PAC
$13K
CONCERNED SENIORS
$12K
Groups that hide their donors
$108K
$15K
2 smaller groups under $500
$22
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.
142 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $333K to Andy Kim across 364 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$333K
Shared contributors
142
Contributions
364
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 90 | 199 | $150K |
| 2024 | 70 | 152 | $176K |
| 2026 | 8 | 13 | $7K |
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Andy 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