Jill N. Tokuda
Democrat
· HI-2 · 119th Congress
and Biotechnology (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · House Committee on Armed Services · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Influence Score
49.3
Least exposed
↓ -1.1
vs 118th (50.4)
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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
2.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$438,529
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,206,912
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.3
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.2
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.0
/ 1
Dark moneyfunding from groups that hide their donors
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
10.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.4
/ 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
4.9
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.71M 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 — $47K.
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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 | 50.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 49.3 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
Total money from this network
$163,618
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
4.3%
Amount from this network
$27,500
Total from all networks
$639,827
Networks contributing
115
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Who funds Tokuda
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
94.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.2%
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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
1
Money that arrived near votes
$1K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.13%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
EO SOLUTIONS
$19K
MATSON
$19K
MATSON
$17K
STATE OF HAWAII
$16K
KAIMANA HILA
$12K
MATSON
$12K
ALPHA
$11K
KAIMANA HILA
$9K
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
$8K
IMANAKA ASATO LLLC
$8K
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ENGINEERING
$7K
ANTHROPIC
$7K
ANTHROPIC PBC
$7K
R M TOWILL
$7K
KOBAYASHI
$7K
ZEPHYR INSURANCE
$7K
KAIMANA HILA
$6K
CENTRAL PACIFIC BANK
$6K
MATSON NAVIGATION
$6K
HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH
$6K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jill N. Tokuda comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
VOTEVETS
$850K
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
$377K
MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PAC
$357K
MEDICARE FOR ALL
$60K
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF HAWAII
$945
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ALLIANCE PAC , SERVING WA, AK, ID, HI, IN, KY
$417
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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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.
53 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $383K to Jill N. Tokuda across 84 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$383K
Shared contributors
53
Contributions
84
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29 | 30 | $58K |
| 2024 | 21 | 36 | $134K |
| 2026 | 14 | 18 | $191K |
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Jill N. Tokuda ranks among the least exposed members of this Congress relative to their colleagues. Money may flow, but the votes do not track the top funding networks. Least exposed is a relative position, not a finding of no exposure.
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