Bennie G. Thompson
Democrat
· MS-2 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security (Chair) · House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Chair) · and Operations · Infrastructure Protection · and Innovation · and Recovery · and Accountability
Influence Score
47.1
Least exposed
↓ -9.0
vs 118th (56.1)
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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
5.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$1,429
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
2.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.0
/ 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
11.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
1.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$5,100 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $7.78M in lobbying from FARA-registered firms representing South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Japan. This exposure is weighted at 0.2% of face value in the score — $16K.
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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 | 42.2 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 45.4 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 56.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 47.1 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$53,500
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
2.5%
Amount from this network
$53,500
Total from all networks
$2,161,472
Networks contributing
266
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Who funds Thompson
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
2.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
55.6%
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Money timed to key votes
Donations arriving near key votes in the policy areas this member regulates
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
CNC DEVELOPMENT
$9K
CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE
$8K
JAMES INTERNATIONAL
$8K
MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
$7K
MIRES RAN CLARK ASSOCIATES
$7K
ERGON
$7K
HUNTER HOMES AND SHELTER
$7K
THE
$7K
GRAIN COMMUNICATIONS
$6K
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
$6K
CPS LAW
$6K
FARMER ASSOCIATES
$6K
ADVANCED STRATEGIES
$6K
PAFFORD MEDICAL SERVICES
$6K
WATKINS EAGER PLLC
$6K
OUTREACH STRATEGISTS
$5K
THE WAX
$5K
UNITED AIRLINES
$5K
WAGGONER ENGINEERING
$5K
BRYTECH
$5K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Bennie G. Thompson comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$1K
Disclosed outside spending
$1K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.56%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
SAVE OUR STATE INC.
$1K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
DISARM THE DEEP STATE
$184
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$40
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 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $300K to Bennie G. Thompson across 6 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$300K
Shared contributors
1
Contributions
6
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 4 | $200K |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 | $100K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Bennie G. Thompson or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORY HORTON | Deputy Chief of Staff Rep. Bennie Thompson | TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP DBA TAFT ADVISORS LLC FKA (TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER, LLP) | 10 | 69 | 2023–2024 |
| LANIER AVANT | Chief of Staff - Rep. Bennie G. Thompson; Staff Director - House Committee on Ho… | AVANT BISHOP WASHINGTON & BLACK LLC | 2 | 24 | 2023–2025 |
| JOSHUA THOMAS | Professional Staff, House Committee on Homeland Security / Rep. Bennie G. Thomps… | THE HOME DEPOT | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Bennie G. Thompson 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