Thomas H. Kean
Republican
· NJ-7 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade · House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Influence Score
73.1
Highly exposed
↑ +10.3
vs 118th (62.8)
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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
6.7
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,159,488
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$7,506,737
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
5.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.8
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.2
/ 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
10.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.3
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$54,454 direct
NORPAC
$22,340 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$12,647 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $47.00M 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 — $94K.
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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 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 62.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 73.1 | 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
$5,714,174
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
2.0%
Amount from this network
$54,454
Total from all networks
$2,696,717
Networks contributing
485
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Who funds Kean
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
4.8%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.6%
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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
11
Money that arrived near votes
$36K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
9
Share of their total fundraising
0.63%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$7K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$7K
MIDLAND ENERGY
$4K
ADVANCED DIGITAL CABLE
$3K
DBV TECHNOLOGIES
$3K
IBM CONSULTING
$3K
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER
$3K
MIDLAND ENERGY
$2K
UNITED REFINING
$1K
ENERGY TRANSFER
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$138K
HOMEMAKER
$123K
HOMEMAKER
$68K
BERGEN ANESTHESIA
$24K
BLACKSTONE
$22K
FOUNDERS FUND
$14K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$14K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$14K
CHRISTIE 55 SOLUTIONS
$14K
BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL
$13K
O TOOLE SCRIVO
$13K
STARKEY HEARING TECHNOLOGIES
$13K
TC SERVICES
$13K
ULINE
$13K
VETERANS GUARDIAN
$13K
NORTHEAST PRIVATE CLIENT
$13K
INVESTMENTS
$12K
RED ROCK RESORTS
$12K
WATERFRONT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS HC
$12K
OPEN ROAD AUTO
$11K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Thomas H. Kean comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$3.86M
Disclosed outside spending
$3.85M
Dark-money outside spending
$10K
Share that is dark money
0.26%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
3
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$12.10M
DCCC
$4.07M
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$454K
AMERICA PAC
$451K
GARDEN STATE ADVANCE, INC.
$344K
SLF PAC
$291K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$217K
THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUND
$140K
MODERATE PARTY INDEPENDENT FUND
$124K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$110K
FIREFIGHTERS SUPPORT ASSOCIATION PAC
$58K
LEAD RIGHT NEW JERSEY
$42K
AFT SOLIDARITY
$17K
INDIVISIBLE PROJECT INC.
$2K
ACTIVATE AMERICA
$2K
Groups that hide their donors
$8K
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.
370 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $2.93M to Thomas H. Kean across 681 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$2.93M
Shared contributors
370
Contributions
681
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 41 | 91 | $563K |
| 2024 | 238 | 323 | $823K |
| 2026 | 195 | 267 | $1.55M |
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Thomas H. Kean'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