Andy Kim
Democrat
· NJ Senate · 119th Congress
Tax and Capital Access (Chair) · Senate Committee on Banking (Chair) · District of Columbia (Chair) · and Census (Chair) · House Committee on Armed Services · Innovative Technologies · and Information Systems · House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Pacific · Central Asia · and Nonproliferation · International Organizations · and Global Corporate Social Impact · House Committee on Small Business · and Capital Access · and Urban Affairs · and Investment · Senate Committee on Commerce · and Transportation · and Innovation · and Safety · Senate Committee on Health · and Pensions · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Senate Special Committee on Aging
Influence Score
65.2
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
2.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,325,272
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$324,788
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
7.8
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
4.7
/ 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
10.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$17,047 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
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
Total money from this network
$80,000
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
3.4%
Amount from this network
$22,000
Total from all networks
$640,634
Networks contributing
135
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Who funds Kim
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
99.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
83.2%
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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
125
Money that arrived near votes
$382K
Distinct donors
160
Distinct employers
85
Share of their total fundraising
3.90%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CENTERVIEW
$26K
SOUTH JERSEY EYE PHYSICIANS
$13K
400 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
ALPINE SECURITIES
$7K
BANK OF AMERICA
$7K
CENTERVIEW
$7K
CENTERVIEW
$7K
CENTERVIEW
$7K
CENTERVIEW
$7K
CHIEFTAIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$6.43M
USPS
$1.30M
INVESTOR SOLUTIONS
$703K
DUANE MORRIS LLP
$574K
AFSCME INT L
$564K
HOUSING
$545K
PILOT HOUSE ASSOCIATES
$482K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$451K
INT L OF MACHINISTS
$446K
USWA INTL
$436K
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$415K
SCHOONER CAPITAL
$362K
MARCUS MILLICHAP
$305K
DRAGONEER INVESTMENT
$305K
GRANT THORNTON ADVISORS
$293K
SV ANGEL
$288K
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
$282K
CENTERVIEW
$276K
NEWMARK
$271K
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$246K
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
$1.65M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.34M
Dark-money outside spending
$311K
Share that is dark money
18.87%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$72
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
LEADERSHIP WITH INTEGRITY PAC
$885K
UNITED 2024
$325K
WORKING NEW JERSEY
$310K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$40K
MAKE THE ROAD ACTION POLITICAL COMMITTEE
$39K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$24K
COMMITTEE TO BUILD THE ECONOMY
$13K
INDIVISIBLE ACTION ARIZONA
$10K
FORWARD BLUE
$2K
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$1K
THE PEOPLE UNITED PAC
$523
LCV VICTORY FUND
$72
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
Groups that hide their donors
$310K
1 smaller group under $500
$72
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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 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