John James
Republican
· MI-10 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Energy and Commerce · and Trade
Influence Score
68.9
Moderately exposed
↑ +9.9
vs 118th (59.0)
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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
4.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,736,928
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$16,067,320
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.6
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 6
Stock tradesbuying stocks in industries they regulate
0.1
/ 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
9.3
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.3
/ 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
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$31,760 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$8,263 direct
NORPAC
$50 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $34.44M 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 — $69K.
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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 | 59.0 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 68.9 | Moderately 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
$3,233,112
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
SLF PAC
Share from this one network
2.0%
Amount from this network
$40,000
Total from all networks
$2,013,076
Networks contributing
436
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Who funds James
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,573,114
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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
5.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
2.0%
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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
12
Money that arrived near votes
$37K
Distinct donors
14
Distinct employers
12
Share of their total fundraising
0.33%
Biggest clusters of timed money
CLEARPATH ACTION
$7K
CROWNQUEST OPERATING
$7K
EXXON MOBIL
$7K
PATHWAYS ORG
$3K
SLIFCO ELECTRIC
$3K
MOTOR CITY ELECTRIC
$2K
TRIANGLE ELECTRIC
$2K
ADVANTAGE ELECTRIC CONTROLS
$2K
RAY ELECTRIC
$2K
GB ELECTRIC
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$289K
HOMEMAKER
$208K
RDV
$83K
INFORMATION REQUESTED PER BEST EFFORTS
$68K
ENTREPRENEUR
$66K
ENTREPRENEUR
$56K
RDV
$52K
BLACKSTONE
$30K
LACKS
$23K
LACKS
$22K
PENSKE
$21K
THE SUBURBAN COLLECTION
$20K
ULINE
$20K
WALBRIDGE
$18K
PENSKE
$16K
COWEN
$15K
EDWARD LEVY
$14K
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$14K
A Z O SERVICES MANAGEMENT
$13K
BLACKSTONE
$13K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against John James comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$9.66M
Disclosed outside spending
$8.67M
Dark-money outside spending
$988K
Share that is dark money
10.23%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$97K
Groups hiding their donors
2
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$14.07M
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$1.81M
EDF ACTION VOTES
$1.54M
OPPORTUNITY MATTERS FUND, INC.
$440K
AMERICA PAC
$433K
SLF PAC
$347K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$292K
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$253K
ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICA
$148K
NRDC ACTION VOTES
$122K
AMERICA LEADS ACTION INC.
$97K
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$80K
SAVE WESTERN CULTURE
$44K
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FOR AMERICA
$38K
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)
$24K
Groups that hide their donors
$97K
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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.
172 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $5.64M to John James across 414 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$5.64M
Shared contributors
172
Contributions
414
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 55 | 77 | $2.58M |
| 2024 | 119 | 305 | $2.77M |
| 2026 | 17 | 32 | $297K |
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John James 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