Timothy M. Kennedy
Democrat
· NY-26 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Influence Score
52.5
Moderately exposed
↑ +11.8
vs 118th (40.7)
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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
3.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$137,969
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
3.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.5
/ 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
0.0
/ 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
1.3
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.5
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$12,020 direct
DMFI PAC
$1,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $12.44M 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 — $25K.
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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 | — | — |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 40.7 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 52.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$68,984
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
UNITE THE COUNTRY
Share from this one network
4.3%
Amount from this network
$47,500
Total from all networks
$1,114,404
Networks contributing
232
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Who funds Kennedy
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$689,053
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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
1.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
GREAT LAKES ANESTHESIOLOGY
$22K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$18K
DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES
$16K
RXR REALTY
$15K
CIMINELLI REAL ESTATE
$14K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
CANE INVESTMENTS
$13K
POST ACUTE
$12K
OSTROFF ASSOCIATES
$10K
BLOOMBERG
$10K
CAROLYN ROWAN COLLECTION
$10K
EB-5 NEW YORK STATE
$10K
EXTELL DEVELOPMENT
$10K
HALMAR INTERNATIONAL
$10K
LIBERTY COMMUNICATIONS
$10K
MCR
$10K
POST ACUTE
$10K
RALLYE MOTORS
$10K
RUSINIAK S SERVICE
$10K
SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO
$10K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Timothy M. Kennedy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$138K
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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.
38 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $588K to Timothy M. Kennedy across 58 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$588K
Shared contributors
38
Contributions
58
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16 | 24 | $268K |
| 2026 | 26 | 34 | $320K |
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Revolving Door
6 former staff members
who worked for Timothy M. Kennedy or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHEN NEWTON | Deputy Legislative Director, Sen. Romney; Senior Policy Advisor, Sen. Romney; Le… | PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC | 34 | 35 | 2023–2023 |
| GRAHAM SHALGIAN | Special Assistant 98-04 State Policy Director 04-09 for Senator Kennedy | RASKY PARTNERS, INC. | 5 | 30 | 2023–2025 |
| ERIN DELANEY | Assistant to Chief of Staff, Sen. Casey, Nov. 2015-Mar. 2017; Intern, Rep. Conno… | CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| OWEN CAINE | Intern, Sen. Ted Kennedy; Intern, Senate Homeland Security Committee, Sen. Scott… | NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| PATRICK LOWMAN | Office of Congressman Tim Kennedy | MUTUAL OF OMAHA | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| SARAH CURTIS | Chief of Staff, Rep. Manning; Deputy Chief of Staff, Rep. Kennedy; Legislative D… | MODERNA, INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Timothy M. Kennedy 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