Christopher Murphy
Democrat
· CT Senate · 116th Congress
South Asia (Chair) · Central Asia (Chair) · and Counterterrorism (Chair) · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Health and Human Services · and Education · and Related Agencies · Foreign Operations · and Related Programs · Housing and Urban Development · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · the Pacific · and International Cybersecurity Policy · International Operations · and Bilateral International Development · Transnational Crime · Civilian Security · Human Rights · and Global Women's Issues · Senate Committee on Health · and Pensions
Influence Score
82.2
Most 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
0.3
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$13,919
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
10.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
2.9
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
13.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.3
/ 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
8.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$14,875 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $227.84M 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 — $456K.
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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 | 82.2 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 45.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$20,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Who funds Murphy
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$13,970,776
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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
99.9%
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
42
Money that arrived near votes
$108K
Distinct donors
53
Distinct employers
34
Share of their total fundraising
0.98%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$8K
JANE STREET
$7K
MATRIX INVESTMENT
$7K
RICHMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT
$7K
SILVER GOLUB TEITELL LLP
$6K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$5K
BLACKSTONE
$5K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$4K
BANK STREET
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.23M
GOOGLE
$1.50M
GOOGLE
$1.20M
USPS
$1.17M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
USPS
$782K
MORGAN STANLEY
$703K
BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
$592K
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
$516K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$446K
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL
$432K
BLACKROCK
$311K
OMAHA FIRE DEPT
$294K
AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
$284K
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
$240K
CUMMINS
$208K
GM FINANCIAL
$205K
LIUNA
$186K
AT T MOBILITY SERVICES
$169K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Christopher Murphy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$6K
CARE ACTION
$2K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$158
DEMOCRACY PAC
$70
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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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.
74 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $644K to Christopher Murphy across 246 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$644K
Shared contributors
74
Contributions
246
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 14 | $18K |
| 2024 | 54 | 124 | $605K |
| 2026 | 16 | 108 | $20K |
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Christopher Murphy ranks among the most exposed members of this Congress — the top tier on the index. The markers run across several of the twelve categories for the same funding network: contributions, outside spending, lobbying inside the policy areas this member regulates, vote alignment, and contribution timing among them. The score measures financial exposure in the public record; it is not a finding of intent or wrongdoing.
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