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
Network
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
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
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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
$13K
RAMAS CONTRACTORS
$13K
ASTERA
$12K
ALLIED DIGESTIVE HEALTH
$11K
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
$10K
ASTERA CANCER CARE
$10K
MOUNT LAUREL TOWNSHIP
$8K
CLB
$8K
NEUROSURGEONS OF NEW JERSEY
$7K
MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL
$7K
NEW JERSEY SENATE
$7K
RUTAN MECHANICAL
$7K
ALSOP LOUIE
$7K
921 ELIZABETH AVENUE
$7K
ALAN RUTAN
$7K
BERGEN ANESTHESIA
$7K
NEUROSURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF NJ
$7K
PBSSM
$7K
PRINCETON STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS
$7K
TRACY FOGLIO
$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.
$229K
VOTEVETS
$228K
314 ACTION FUND
$170K
WORKING NEW JERSEY
$46K
JUST GOOD GOVERNMENT PAC
$9K
32BJ UNITED AMERICAN DREAM FUND
$3K
WORKING AMERICA
$1K
Groups that hide their donors
$46K
$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
$23K
JON KAIMAN FOR CONGRESS
$15K
CT WORKING FAMILIES FEDERAL PAC
$15K
GILLEN FOR CONGRESS
$15K
ROBERT HILL
$13K
LUIS RAMOS
$12K
MICHAEL DUFFY
$10K
MICHAEL P DUFFY
$10K
MARYANNE HOHENSTEIN
$10K
AMY SUGIMORI
$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
All findings derived programmatically from public records · No prior knowledge required