Raja Krishnamoorthi
Democrat
· IL-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence · House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis
Influence Score
63.1
Moderately exposed
↓ -6.3
vs 118th (69.4)
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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
5.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.0
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.9
/ 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
12.5
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.3
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
8.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$14,950 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$10,501 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $16.89M 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 — $34K.
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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 | 64.7 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 51.6 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 69.4 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 63.1 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$45,000
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
1.6%
Amount from this network
$40,000
Total from all networks
$2,544,203
Networks contributing
334
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Who funds Krishnamoorthi
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
2.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
71.4%
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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
72
Money that arrived near votes
$178K
Distinct donors
90
Distinct employers
36
Share of their total fundraising
2.29%
Biggest clusters of timed money
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$8K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$8K
ATTORNEY AT BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER
$7K
BAKER MCKENZIE LLP
$7K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$7K
LATHAM WATKINS LLP
$7K
STRIS MAHER LLP
$7K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$6K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$4K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$4K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$201K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$165K
KIRKLAND ELLIS
$128K
KIRKLAND ELLIS
$108K
KIRKLAND ELLIS LLP
$44K
KIRKLAND ELLIS
$38K
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
$37K
MCKINSEY
$31K
GOOGLE
$26K
ACCENTURE
$22K
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
$21K
FFC
$20K
CIVE
$18K
KIRKLAND
$18K
MAYER BROWN LLP
$17K
INSIGHT
$16K
WINSTON STRAWN LLP
$16K
MCKINSEY
$16K
COGAN POWER
$16K
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
$15K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Raja Krishnamoorthi comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$6K
Disclosed outside spending
$6K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.13%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
DEMOCRACY PAC
$72
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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.
114 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $712K to Raja Krishnamoorthi across 218 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$712K
Shared contributors
114
Contributions
218
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 65 | 104 | $515K |
| 2024 | 54 | 85 | $116K |
| 2026 | 18 | 29 | $81K |
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Raja Krishnamoorthi 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