Donald Norcross
Democrat
· NJ-1 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Pensions · House Committee on Education and Workforce · House Committee on Science · and Technology
Influence Score
59.3
Moderately exposed
↓ -4.3
vs 118th (63.6)
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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
7.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$5,039
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
4.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.8
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.4
/ 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
11.3
/ 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
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
4.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$26,063 direct
NORPAC
$5,000 direct
DMFI PAC
$5,000 outside spending
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $28.20M 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 — $56K.
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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 | 61.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 62.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 63.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 59.3 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Total money from this network
$90,872
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
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
2.2%
Amount from this network
$60,581
Total from all networks
$2,754,876
Networks contributing
267
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Who funds Norcross
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$1,390,732
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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
91.2%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
65.2%
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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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$4K
Distinct donors
4
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.31%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BOEING
$2K
CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE
$1K
ROWAN UNIVERSITY
$1K
BOEING
$500
BOEING
$500
BOEING
$500
BOEING
$500
CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE
$500
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL
$28K
WESTERN EXTRUSIONS
$26K
O BRIEN BELLAND BUSHINSKY
$17K
CONNER STRONG BUCKELEW
$17K
HOLTEC INTERNATIONAL
$14K
BACH ASSOCIATES PC
$13K
COOPER UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE
$13K
CURRENT MASTER ELECTRIC
$13K
ACACIA FINANCIAL
$12K
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
$12K
REMINGTON VERNICK
$12K
ACACIA FINANCIAL
$12K
BACH ASSOCIATES PC
$12K
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
$12K
CHERRY HILL DODGE
$12K
COOPER UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE
$12K
CORNELL
$12K
CSMI
$12K
CSMI
$12K
PHOENIX STRATEGIES
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Donald Norcross comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$12K
Disclosed outside spending
$12K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.07%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
PATRIOT MAJORITY USA
$28K
HEROES UNITED PAC, DBA VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, DBA ASSOCIATION OF POLICE & FIRST RESPONDERS
$6K
DMFI PAC
$5K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$68
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
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.
119 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $326K to Donald Norcross across 175 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$326K
Shared contributors
119
Contributions
175
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 47 | 50 | $122K |
| 2024 | 72 | 75 | $148K |
| 2026 | 48 | 50 | $56K |
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Revolving Door
3 former staff members
who worked for Donald Norcross or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VINCENT SARUBBI | Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director, Rep. Josh Gottheimer; Legis. Ass… | DLA PIPER LLP (US) | 17 | 18 | 2025–2025 |
| MICHAEL MAITLAND | Chief of Staff, Rep. Norcross | MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP | 1 | 1 | 2024–2025 |
| VINCENT SARUBBI | Legislative Assistant, Senator Sherrod Brown (2019-2022); Senior Legislative Ass… | MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA | 1 | 1 | 2023–2023 |
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Donald Norcross 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