Paul Tonko
Democrat
· NY-20 · 118th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · House Committee on Natural Resources · and Public Lands · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on the Budget
Influence Score
73.0
Highly exposed
↓ -2.4
vs 118th (73.0)
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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
5.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$701
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.4
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.2
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 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
12.6
/ 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
5.2
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $155.34M 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 — $311K.
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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 | 62.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 65.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.0 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 70.6 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Total money from this network
$75,000
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
2.1%
Amount from this network
$50,000
Total from all networks
$2,403,252
Networks contributing
313
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Who funds Tonko
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,014,413
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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
98.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
97.9%
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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
$9K
Distinct donors
4
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.96%
Biggest clusters of timed money
GENERATION INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$7K
ELOISE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1K
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL
$1K
E STEWART JONES LAW FIRM
$500
KOTUMBA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$500
MCLAUGHLIN STERN LLP
$500
PIONEER PUBLIC AFFAIRS
$500
PIONEER PUBLIC AFFAIRS
$500
TAFT STETTINIUS HOLLISTER LLP
$500
STEWART TITLE INSURANCE
$400
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$6.69M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.33M
BOEING
$4.38M
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
BOEING
$3.60M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.32M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.12M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
CHARTER
$2.64M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
THE ELEVANCE HEALTH COMPANIES
$2.53M
CHARTER
$2.51M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.07M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
BOEING
$2.05M
HARRIS
$2.03M
DELTA AIR LINES
$2.01M
DELTA AIR LINES
$1.91M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Paul Tonko comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$749
Disclosed outside spending
$741
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
1.07%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
TOGETHER WE THRIVE
$750
ENVIRONMENT AMERICA ACTION FUND
$721
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
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.
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.
86 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $229K to Paul Tonko across 209 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$229K
Shared contributors
86
Contributions
209
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 53 | 89 | $106K |
| 2024 | 57 | 117 | $115K |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $8K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Paul Tonko or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH EAVES | Legislative Director for Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY) | LOT SIXTEEN LLC | 3 | 19 | 2023–2025 |
| CLINTON BRITT | Chief of Staff, Office of Congressman Paul Tonko Communications Director, Office… | GROVE CLIMATE GROUP | 2 | 9 | 2024–2025 |
| DUSTIN TODD | Rep. Paul Tonko (NY), Chief of Staff | SYNOPSYS, INC. | 1 | 2 | 2023–2024 |
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Paul Tonko'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