Jamie Raskin
Democrat
· MD-8 · 119th Congress
House Committee on the Judiciary (Chair) · House Committee on House Administration · House Committee on Oversight and Reform · House Committee on Rules · and Administrative Law · Civil Rights · and Civil Liberties · House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol · House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis · Joint Committee on Printing
Influence Score
60.5
Moderately exposed
↑ +0.2
vs 118th (60.3)
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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
2.5
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.2
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$12,392
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
4.6
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.3
/ 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
13.2
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.7
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
3.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
10.2
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$6,600 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $23.83M 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 — $48K.
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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 | 63.2 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 71.2 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 60.3 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Total money from this network
$31,000
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.
Network
UNITED WE CAN
Share from this one network
2.7%
Amount from this network
$31,000
Total from all networks
$1,162,476
Networks contributing
249
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Who funds Raskin
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$445,760
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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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
99.8%
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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
7
Money that arrived near votes
$8K
Distinct donors
7
Distinct employers
7
Share of their total fundraising
0.25%
Biggest clusters of timed money
DONAHUE GOLDBERG LLP
$2K
BERGER SINGERMAN LLP
$1K
AJAMIE LLP
$1K
GIBSON DUNN CRUTCHER LLP
$1K
GREENE BROILLET AND WHEELER LLP
$1K
META
$1K
OUTTEN GOLDEN LLP
$1K
COOLEY LLP
$500
DENTONS US LLP
$500
GIBSON DUNN CRUTCHER
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
$26K
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
$21K
BERNSTEIN LIPSETT
$15K
CONCEPTUAL ANALYTICS
$14K
EAT THE CHANGE
$14K
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
$14K
SALOP ECONOMICS
$12K
SUMMIT GLOBAL VENTURES
$12K
PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE M
$12K
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
$11K
BERNSTEIN LIPSETT P C
$10K
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLLEG
$9K
KRAMER LEVIN
$9K
ICG
$9K
URBAN ALLIANCE
$9K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$8K
DFJ GROWTH
$7K
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP
$7K
SIDLEY AUSTIN
$7K
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jamie Raskin comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10K
Disclosed outside spending
$10K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.08%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$13K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$124
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$50
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.
200 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.44M to Jamie Raskin across 433 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.44M
Shared contributors
200
Contributions
433
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 121 | 235 | $621K |
| 2024 | 64 | 93 | $465K |
| 2026 | 54 | 105 | $357K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Jamie Raskin or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANDYCE PHOENIX | Staff Director, House Oversight Committee, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civi… | THE RABEN GROUP | 1 | 5 | 2025–2025 |
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Jamie Raskin 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