Richard J. Durbin
Democrat
· IL Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Minority Whip · Senate Committee on the Judiciary (Chair) · Senate Committee on Agriculture · and Forestry · Risk Management · and Trade · and Natural Resources · Local Food Systems · and Food Safety and Security · and Food Safety · 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 Rules and Administration
Influence Score
57.4
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
0.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$8
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
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.5
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.6
/ 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
11.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
1.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
7.7
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$3,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $221.98M 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 — $444K.
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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 | 53.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 78.8 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 41.6 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 57.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$15,000
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
BOLD FUTURE PAC
Share from this one network
3.0%
Amount from this network
$9,500
Total from all networks
$316,598
Networks contributing
116
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Who funds Durbin
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$158,160
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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
0.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Extra weight for leadership role
1.35×
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
7
Money that arrived near votes
$22K
Distinct donors
12
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
1.28%
Biggest clusters of timed money
COOK BARTHOLOMEW COOK JONES LLP
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
DOWD BENNETT LLP
$3K
CEDAR STREET ASSET MANAGEMENT
$2K
ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP
$1K
ASSOCIATED BANK
$1K
SIHF HEALTHCARE
$1K
HOLLAND LAW FIRM
$550
AMERICAN EXPRESS GBT
$500
FARMERS STATE BANK
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$3.31M
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES
$2.06M
HARRIS
$2.03M
GOOGLE
$1.45M
COZEN O CONNOR
$1.25M
GOOGLE
$1.21M
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE
$1.16M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.16M
VERIZON RSRCS
$1.09M
T-MOBILE
$1.07M
AT T SERVICES
$1.06M
BLOOMBERG
$1.00M
ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP
$1.00M
USPS
$965K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$954K
MCGUIREWOODS LLP
$944K
AMERICAN AIRLINES
$941K
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$917K
AT T SERVICES
$885K
GOOGLE
$880K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Richard J. Durbin comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$8
Disclosed outside spending
$0
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
100.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
RESTORATION PAC
$77K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$121
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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.
22 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $317K to Richard J. Durbin across 54 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$317K
Shared contributors
22
Contributions
54
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13 | 24 | $112K |
| 2024 | 15 | 28 | $199K |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | $7K |
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Richard J. Durbin 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