Claudia Tenney
Republican
· NY-24 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Foreign Affairs · the Environment · and Cyber · International Organizations · and Global Corporate Social Impact · House Committee on Science · and Technology · House Committee on Small Business · and Workforce Development · and Rural Business Development · House Committee on Ways and Means · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Influence Score
74.7
Highly exposed
↑ +9.9
vs 118th (64.8)
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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
7.4
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.5
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$58,730
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$1,513
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
4.4
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
2.8
/ 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
11.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
8.4
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$16,534 direct
REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC)
$1,128 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $72.68M 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 — $145K.
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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 | 65.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 64.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 74.7 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$61,500
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
1.5%
Amount from this network
$41,000
Total from all networks
$2,659,484
Networks contributing
497
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Who funds Tenney
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
97.9%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
97.4%
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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
$40K
Distinct donors
15
Distinct employers
11
Share of their total fundraising
2.28%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$7K
FISHER INVESTMENTS
$7K
JW CHILDS ASSOCIATES
$7K
COINBASE
$5K
COINBASE
$3K
NVIDIA
$3K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$2K
UNITED REFINING
$2K
MORGAN STANLEY
$2K
ACCENT STRIPE
$1K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
HOMEMAKER
$43K
HOMEMAKER
$22K
HUBBARD BROADCASTING
$20K
CORNING
$18K
HUBBARD BROADCASTING
$17K
SUIT-KOTE
$17K
BLUFF POINT ASSOC
$16K
POLARIS
$16K
ST PAULY TEXTILE
$16K
WEXFORD CAPITAL
$15K
HOMEMAKER
$15K
BLUE OWL CAPITAL
$14K
BLUFF POINT ASSOC
$14K
LEFRAK
$14K
ADVANTAGE CAPITAL
$13K
NOVOGRADAC LLP
$12K
BLUFF POINT ASSOC
$12K
ENERGY CAPITAL
$12K
JACKSON HOLE MOUNTAIN RESORT
$12K
ROCK
$12K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Claudia Tenney comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$59K
Disclosed outside spending
$59K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.01%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$11.95M
DCCC
$11.34M
LCV VICTORY FUND
$2.43M
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$1.60M
VOTE FOR EQUALITY
$1.41M
FAIR SHARE ACTION
$1.19M
CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEE
$1.15M
SLF PAC
$965K
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC)
$495K
NEW YORK HOTEL TRADES COUNCIL & UNITE HERE LOCAL 6 PAC
$265K
PRIORITIES USA ACTION
$206K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$188K
REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL FREEDOM FUND
$171K
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$74K
FOR OUR FUTURE
$62K
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.
88 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $667K to Claudia Tenney across 223 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$667K
Shared contributors
88
Contributions
223
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 30 | 57 | $281K |
| 2024 | 42 | 111 | $313K |
| 2026 | 36 | 55 | $73K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for Claudia Tenney or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TERESA DORN | Executive Legislative Assistant - Rep. Claudia Tenney, Deputy Chief of Staff - R… | NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION | 1 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| STEPHEN SIMONETTI | Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Claudia Tenney; Senior Advisor, Rep. Rudy Yakym; Sen… | SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. | 1 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
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Claudia Tenney's file shows clear influence markers across multiple categories for the top funding network, placing them in the upper range of this Congress. The pattern runs above what coincidence would produce, and the methodology page documents what each category requires.
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