Ritchie Torres
Democrat
· NY-15 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Financial Services · Financial Technology · and Artificial Intelligence · Community Development · and Insurance · Illicit Finance · and International Financial Institutions · International Development · and Monetary Policy · House Committee on Homeland Security · Infrastructure Protection · and Innovation · and Accountability · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
69.9
Moderately exposed
↓ -3.5
vs 118th (73.4)
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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
4.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
2.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,426,645
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
3.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.5
/ 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
11.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
2.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
11.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$38,734 direct
CITYPAC
$5,500 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $9.27M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing Japan, China, South Korea. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $19K.
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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 | 65.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 73.4 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 69.9 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
EQUALITY PROJECT PAC
Total money from this network
$242,131
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
THINK BIG
Share from this one network
14.2%
Amount from this network
$338,393
Total from all networks
$2,383,513
Networks contributing
306
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Who funds Torres
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$2,210,728
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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
5.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
100.0%
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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
162
Money that arrived near votes
$566K
Distinct donors
263
Distinct employers
98
Share of their total fundraising
5.99%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ELLIOTT MANAGEMENT
$15K
BLACKSTONE
$13K
VIRTU FINANCIAL
$11K
BLACKSTONE
$10K
CANTOR FITZGERALD
$8K
SMS FINANCIAL
$7K
AREX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
A16Z
$7K
AH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
ANDELL
$7K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BLACKSTONE
$87K
BLACKSTONE
$60K
BLACKSTONE
$54K
CEO
$42K
KKR
$38K
KKR
$36K
UNION SQUARE VENTURES
$35K
ELLIOTT MANAGEMENT
$34K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$32K
SCHULTE ROTH ZABEL LLP
$30K
CANTOR FITZGERALD
$27K
BNY
$26K
D1 CAPITAL
$26K
GIBSON DUNN
$24K
REAL ESTATE
$23K
CHESTNUT
$22K
UNISWAP LABS
$21K
UNION SQUARE VENTURES
$21K
CENTERVIEW
$20K
COINBASE
$20K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Ritchie Torres comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$446K
Disclosed outside spending
$446K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.00%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$534K
EQUALITY PROJECT PAC
$454K
VPP
$415K
THINK BIG
$338K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$337K
DMFI PAC
$113K
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$100K
FIGHTING FOR NEW YORK. INC.
$82K
EQUALITY PAC
$42K
OPPORTUNITY FOR TOMORROW
$15K
PERISE PRACTICAL INC.
$5K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN EQUALITY VOTES PAC
$30
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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.
1,655 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $7.80M to Ritchie Torres across 2,513 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$7.80M
Shared contributors
1,655
Contributions
2,513
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 359 | 491 | $954K |
| 2024 | 874 | 1,142 | $3.14M |
| 2026 | 649 | 880 | $3.71M |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Ritchie Torres or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MICHAEL VIGGIANO | Appropriations Director, Rep. Torres; Appropriations Assistant, House Appropriat… | HANWHA Q CELLS AMERICA INC. | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| JASMIN ALEMAN | 2022-20225: Office of Comptroller of the Currency: Congressional Affairs Special… | BNP PARIBAS RCC, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| MICHAEL VIGGIANO | Appropriations Director, Rep. Torres; Appropriations Assistant, House Appropriat… | HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD. | 1 | 2 | 2025–2025 |
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Ritchie Torres 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