Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff
Democrat
· GA Senate · 117th Congress
Veterans Affairs (Chair) · and Related Agencies (Chair) · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · Senate Committee on Banking · and Urban Affairs · and Community Development · Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Senate Committee on Rules and Administration · Senate Committee on the Judiciary · and Consumer Rights · Agency Action · and Federal Rights · and the Law · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
100.0
Most exposed
— ◊ —
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
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$55,238,781
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$272,455,595
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
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
11.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
14.4
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.5
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.9
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
DMFI PAC
$2,500 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $152.07M 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 — $304K.
— ◊ —
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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 100.0 | Most exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 42.3 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 72.7 | Highly exposed |
— ◊ —
Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
DEMOCRACY PAC
Total money from this network
$27,927,758
Number of funding networks contributing
1
— ◊ —
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
J STREET ACTION FUND
Share from this one network
2.4%
Amount from this network
$21,039
Total from all networks
$868,198
Networks contributing
147
— ◊ —
Who funds Ossoff
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$367,103,824
— ◊ —
Does the money match their power?
Whether their money comes from the industries their committees actually oversee
Money from industries they regulate
9.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
3.8%
— ◊ —
Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
Times money arrived near a vote
9
Money that arrived near votes
$30K
Distinct donors
13
Distinct employers
9
Share of their total fundraising
0.88%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CENTERVIEW
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
MOELIS
$7K
CHIEFTAIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$3K
LAZARD
$3K
AGM FINANCIAL SERVICES
$1K
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
$1K
SEAGULL LANE ASSET MANAGEMENT
$1K
SOUTH ATHENS ANIMAL CLINIC
$1K
KISTLER INVESTMENT
$600
— ◊ —
Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ADELSON DRUG CLINIC
$30.00M
EMC
$14.50M
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
$10.00M
HOMEMAKER
$7.41M
BLACKSTONE
$5.01M
REYES
$5.00M
BALLMER
$5.00M
VALMORE GP
$5.00M
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
$3.02M
SCHUSTERMAN INTERESTS
$2.50M
MOUNTAIRE
$2.46M
MOUNTAIRE
$2.15M
FOX
$2.00M
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$1.77M
INVEMED
$1.50M
PENSKE
$1.35M
BLOOMBERG
$1.27M
NIRVANA TECHNOLOGY
$1.20M
SEQUOIA CAPITAL
$1.11M
THE DUCHOSSOIS
$1.09M
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$7.27M
Disclosed outside spending
$5.66M
Dark-money outside spending
$1.61M
Share that is dark money
22.12%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$521K
Groups hiding their donors
14
By funding network
SLF PAC
$92.53M
NRSC
$13.86M
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$12.42M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$5.50M
AMERICA VOTES ACTION FUND
$5.36M
GEORGIA ACTION FUND
$4.61M
WORKERS VOTE
$4.29M
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
$2.39M
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$2.28M
GLOBAL DEMOCRATIC PAC
$1.73M
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$1.13M
PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$1.03M
GUN OWNERS ACTION FUND
$917K
CALIFORNIANS FOR CHOICE
$778K
GEORGIA UNITED VICTORY
$774K
Groups that hide their donors
$395K
$290K
$214K
$82K
$72K
$23K
2 smaller groups under $500
$259
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.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
DCCC
$1.88M
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
BRIAN FITZPATRICK FOR ALL OF US
$153K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$113K
— ◊ —
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.
330 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $5.93M to Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff across 977 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$5.93M
Shared contributors
330
Contributions
977
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 45 | 156 | $154K |
| 2024 | 29 | 168 | $312K |
| 2026 | 285 | 653 | $5.46M |
— ◊ —
Thomas Jonathan (Jon) Ossoff 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