Herbert C. Conaway
Democrat · NJ-3 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
34.5
Least exposed
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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
1.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
1.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$687,032
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
4.2
/ 10
Revolving door former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
2.1
/ 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
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.4
/ 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
0.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000 direct
DMFI PAC $1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $25.01M 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 — $50K.
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network $344,205
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 3.0%
Amount from this network $20,000
Total from all networks $658,841
Networks contributing 170
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Who funds Conaway
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
score 34.5 · Least exposed · votes with them 63%
$1,015,873
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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 92.2%
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
No suspicious timing patterns detected.
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
NEUROSURGEONS OF NEW JERSEY
4 contributions · cycle 2024
$13K
RAMAS CONTRACTORS
4 contributions · cycle 2024
$13K
ASTERA
12 contributions · cycle 2024
$12K
ALLIED DIGESTIVE HEALTH
8 contributions · cycle 2024
$11K
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
14 contributions · cycle 2024
$10K
ASTERA CANCER CARE
9 contributions · cycle 2024
$10K
MOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP
8 contributions · cycle 2024
$8K
CLB
3 contributions · cycle 2024
$8K
NEUROSURGEONS OF NEW JERSEY
5 contributions · cycle 2026
$7K
MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
2 contributions · cycle 2026
$7K
NEW JERSEY SENATE
2 contributions · cycle 2026
$7K
RUTAN MECHANICAL
2 contributions · cycle 2026
$7K
ALSOP LOUIE
2 contributions · cycle 2026
$7K
921 ELIZABETH AVENUE
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$7K
ALAN RUTAN
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$7K
BERGEN ANESTHESIA
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$7K
NEUROSURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF NJ
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$7K
PBSSM
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$7K
PRINCETON STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$7K
TRACY FOGLIO
2 contributions · cycle 2024
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Herbert C. Conaway comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received $687K
Disclosed outside spending $636K
Dark-money outside spending $51K
Share that is dark money 7.39%
Dark money tied to their policy areas $1K
Groups hiding their donors 3
By funding network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
for them $229K · against them $0 · 8 transactions
$229K
VOTEVETS
for them $228K · against them $0 · 2 transactions
$228K
314 ACTION FUND
for them $170K · against them $0 · 3 transactions
$170K
WORKING NEW JERSEY
for them $46K · against them $0 · 3 transactions
$46K
JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC
for them $9K · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$9K
32BJ UNITED AMERICAN DREAM FUND
for them $3K · against them $0 · 1 transactions
$3K
WORKING AMERICA
for them $1K · against them $0 · 6 transactions
$1K
Groups that hide their donors
501(c)(4) probable · support
$46K
501(c)(4) probable · support
$3K
501(c)(4) confirmed · support
$1K
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.
MICHAEL DUFFY
SEIU 32BJ · DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$23K
JON KAIMAN FOR CONGRESS
NY · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$15K
CT WORKING FAMILIES FEDERAL PAC
CT · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$15K
GILLEN FOR CONGRESS
NY · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$15K
ROBERT HILL
SEIU 32BJ · NY · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$13K
LUIS RAMOS
RCPI LANDMARK PROPERTIES · NY · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$12K
MICHAEL DUFFY
SEIU 32BJ · DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$10K
MICHAEL P DUFFY
SEIU 32BJ · DC · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$10K
MARYANNE HOHENSTEIN
SEIU 32BJ · PA · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$10K
AMY SUGIMORI
SEIU 32BJ · NY · 1 dark entity
coverage 100.0%
$9K
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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.

21 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $50K to Herbert C. Conaway across 24 contributions.

Total from shared contributors $50K
Shared contributors 21
Contributions 24
By cycle
Cycle Shared donors Gifts Total
2024 19 20 $17K
2026 3 4 $33K
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Herbert C. Conaway 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