Ashley Hinson
Republican
· IA-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Appropriations · Rural Development · Food and Drug Administration · and Related Agencies · and Housing and Urban Development · House Committee on Ethics · House Committee on the Budget · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
79.1
Highly exposed
↑ +0.5
vs 118th (78.6)
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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
11.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.2
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
3.2
/ 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
11.1
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
10.0
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$11,736 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$211 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $139.49M 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 — $279K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 75.1 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 78.6 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 79.1 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
SLF PAC
Total money from this network
$1,080,411
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
1.2%
Amount from this network
$48,000
Total from all networks
$3,943,198
Networks contributing
595
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Who funds Hinson
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
13.5%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
5.3%
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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
39
Money that arrived near votes
$119K
Distinct donors
51
Distinct employers
28
Share of their total fundraising
2.67%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL
$7K
CIENA HEALTH CARE
$7K
COHEN KLINGENSTEIN
$7K
FOUNDERS FUND
$7K
INTERACTIVE BROKERS
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
STEPHENS
$7K
ULINE
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$138K
HOMEMAKER
$112K
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL
$23K
INVESTMENTS
$17K
MARQUIS MANAGEMENT
$17K
MCCOY
$17K
JANE ST CAPITAL
$16K
MCCOY
$16K
RB SALES
$16K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$16K
STANDARD GOLF
$14K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$14K
COTTINGHAM BUTLER
$14K
COTTINGHAM BUTLER
$14K
PPM
$14K
APOLLO
$14K
FAHR BEVERAGE
$13K
INVESTMENTS
$13K
STEPHENS
$13K
UNIVERSAL INDUSTRIES
$13K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ashley Hinson comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1.75M
Disclosed outside spending
$1.57M
Dark-money outside spending
$177K
Share that is dark money
10.11%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
2
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.
235 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.47M to Ashley Hinson across 559 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.47M
Shared contributors
235
Contributions
559
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34 | 171 | $393K |
| 2024 | 63 | 144 | $427K |
| 2026 | 173 | 244 | $1.65M |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Ashley Hinson or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JIMMY PEACOCK | Chief of Staff (Senator Eric Schmitt), Chief of Staff (Congresswoman Ashley Hins… | CORNERSTONE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, INC. | 12 | 23 | 2025–2025 |
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Ashley Hinson's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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