John Neely Kennedy
Republican
· LA Senate · 116th Congress
Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · Agency Action (Chair) · and Federal Rights (Chair) · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · Health and Human Services · and Education · Housing and Urban Development · and Urban Affairs · and Investment · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · Senate Committee on the Budget · Senate Committee on the Judiciary · and Border Safety · Federal Rights and Federal Courts · and the Law
Influence Score
64.3
Moderately exposed
↑ +7.0
vs 118th (66.8)
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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
0.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$0
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$862
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
0.0
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
7.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.1
/ 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
9.4
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $345.64M 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 — $691K.
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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 | 64.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 66.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 66.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 73.8 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ACTION
Total money from this network
$44,818
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
1.4%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$1,384,562
Networks contributing
298
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Who funds Kennedy
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,622,429
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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
0.7%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
Times money arrived near a vote
20
Money that arrived near votes
$90K
Distinct donors
33
Distinct employers
20
Share of their total fundraising
1.08%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CREST INSURANCE
$10K
HEARTLAND BANK
$10K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$10K
PRIVATEER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$10K
STANTON LLP
$10K
STEPHENS
$10K
ULINE
$5K
ANDRUS INSURANCE
$3K
ATCO INVESTMENT
$3K
GENWORTH FINANCIAL
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL
$5.67M
BOEING
$3.65M
NORTHROP GRUMMAN
$3.47M
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.35M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
EY
$3.01M
COMCAST CC OF WILLOW GROVE
$2.63M
CHARTER
$2.51M
HARRIS
$2.32M
GENERAL MOTORS
$2.25M
HARRIS
$2.03M
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
$1.84M
ENTREPRENEUR
$1.65M
HOMEMAKER
$1.64M
THE ANTHEM COMPANIES
$1.52M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$1.37M
VALERO SERVICES
$1.34M
DELOITTE TOUCHE LLP
$1.29M
ROCKET MORTGAGE
$1.19M
PFIZER
$1.17M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against John Neely Kennedy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$292K
Disclosed outside spending
$280K
Dark-money outside spending
$12K
Share that is dark money
4.07%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND
$100K
AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ACTION
$87K
SLF PAC
$75K
ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION
$12K
REALLY AMERICAN PAC
$4K
VOTE LOCAL VOTE BLUE
$2K
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$861
DEFEAT BY TWEET
$823
KOCH, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC)
$19
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
120 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $661K to John Neely Kennedy across 874 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$661K
Shared contributors
120
Contributions
874
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 94 | 625 | $600K |
| 2024 | 19 | 95 | $14K |
| 2026 | 24 | 154 | $46K |
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Revolving Door
10 former staff members
who worked for John Neely Kennedy or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN NEWTON | Deputy Legislative Director, Sen. Romney; Senior Policy Advisor, Sen. Romney; Le… | PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC | 34 | 35 | 2023–2023 |
| JOHN STEITZ | Dep. Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior LA, Sen. John Kennedy; Senior … | RIDGELINE ADVOCACY GROUP LLC | 21 | 62 | 2025–2025 |
| JOHN STEITZ | Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, Senior LA, Sen. John Kennedy; Senior PSM a… | FTI GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 9 | 20 | 2023–2024 |
| GRAHAM SHALGIAN | Special Assistant 98-04 State Policy Director 04-09 for Senator Kennedy | RASKY PARTNERS, INC. | 5 | 30 | 2023–2025 |
| WILLIAM KELLEHER | Legislative Correspondent, U.S. Senator John Kennedy | THE CONSERVATION FUND | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| MARCIE HABER | Congressman Mike Johnson, Legislative Assistant Senator John Kennedy, Legislativ… | OKLO INC. | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| MAXWELL HUNTLEY | HASC, Professional Staff; Sen. John Kennedy, Nat Security Advisor; Rep.Rob Wittm… | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | 1 | 1 | 2024–2025 |
| ERIN DELANEY | Assistant to Chief of Staff, Sen. Casey, Nov. 2015-Mar. 2017; Intern, Rep. Conno… | CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| BRANDON PALUMBO | Correspondence Manager, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), 2017; Legislative Assistant… | TRAVEL TECH: THE TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION | 1 | 2 | 2024–2025 |
| SARAH CURTIS | Chief of Staff, Rep. Manning; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Kennedy; Legislative D… | MODERNA, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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John Neely Kennedy 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