Kirsten E. Gillibrand
Democrat
· NY Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Agriculture (Chair) · Local Food Systems (Chair) · and Food Safety and Security (Chair) · and Agriculture Security (Chair) · Housing and Urban Development (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · Senate Special Committee on Aging (Chair) · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · Specialty Crops · and Research · Agricultural Research · and Specialty Crops · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · Veterans Affairs · Senate Committee on Armed Services · Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works · Waste Management · and Regulatory Oversight · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
72.2
Moderately 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
3.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.4
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$30,149
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
6.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
10.0
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.7
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
1.9
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
8.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.1
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$73,772 direct
NORPAC
$29,000 direct
CITYPAC
$1,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $189.28M 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 — $379K.
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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 | 86.0 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 44.0 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 51.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 72.2 | Highly 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
$30,000
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.
Share from this one network
6.9%
Amount from this network
$73,772
Total from all networks
$1,073,412
Networks contributing
178
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Who funds Gillibrand
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
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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
97.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
68
Money that arrived near votes
$173K
Distinct donors
95
Distinct employers
54
Share of their total fundraising
1.43%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CADWALADER WICKERSHAM TAFT LLP
$7K
A16Z
$7K
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
ARIEL INVESTMENTS
$7K
BLOOMBERG
$7K
FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER LLP
$7K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$7K
JP MORGAN
$7K
SKADDEN ARPS
$6K
AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$5K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$3.79M
USPS
$2.04M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$1.86M
UNITED AIRLINES
$1.32M
COZEN O CONNOR
$1.17M
GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
$1.11M
HARRIS
$1.09M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.07M
ENTERGY SERVICES
$833K
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GENERATION
$764K
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER FELD LLP
$658K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$613K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
DELTA AIR LINES
$546K
LAUDER
$510K
VISA U S A
$476K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$465K
BAKER TILLY US LLP
$456K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$446K
K L GATES
$446K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Kirsten E. Gillibrand comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$30K
Disclosed outside spending
$776
Dark-money outside spending
$29K
Share that is dark money
97.43%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$29K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
NATIONAL HORIZON
$182K
PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT
$46K
WE ACT 4 CHANGE
$29K
JEWISH DEMOCRATIC COUNCIL OF AMERICA
$1K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$766
DEMOCRACY PAC
$70
LCV VICTORY FUND
$39
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
Groups that hide their donors
$29K
1 smaller group under $500
$39
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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.
365 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.59M to Kirsten E. Gillibrand across 432 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.59M
Shared contributors
365
Contributions
432
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9 | 16 | $18K |
| 2024 | 352 | 401 | $1.54M |
| 2026 | 11 | 15 | $32K |
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Kirsten E. Gillibrand 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