James R. Walkinshaw
Democrat
· VA-11 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Homeland Security · House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Influence Score
31.4
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
1.6
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.6
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$3,744,030
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$5,580
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
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
4.5
/ 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
< 0.1
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
5.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
3.4
/ 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
1.8
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$5,000 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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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$1,033,274
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
FAIRSHAKE
Share from this one network
46.2%
Amount from this network
$2,025,584
Total from all networks
$4,380,348
Networks contributing
142
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Who funds Walkinshaw
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$4,027,857
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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
0.3%
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
FAIRFAX COUNTY
$17K
TOTAL WINE MORE
$14K
XAVIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
$14K
CONSULTANT
$10K
LAMB CAPITAL ADVISORS
$10K
PUNARO
$10K
SELF EMPLYED
$10K
AMERICAN PROPERTIES OF MD
$10K
SOS INTERNATIONAL
$10K
LIBERTY
$10K
300BRAND
$8K
GBA ASSOCIATES
$8K
CROSS POTOMAC CONSULTING
$8K
BEAN KINNEY AND KORMAN P C
$7K
CASEPOINT
$7K
RUBEN HORAN PC
$7K
SCG DEVELOPMENT
$7K
WALKINSHAW FOR CONGRESS
$7K
ALCALDE FAY
$6K
GOOGLE
$5K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against James R. Walkinshaw comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$2.73M
Disclosed outside spending
$2.73M
Dark-money outside spending
$3K
Share that is dark money
0.10%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
FAIRSHAKE
$2.03M
COMMONWEALTH COURAGE PAC
$1.72M
HERITAGE ACTION FOR AMERICA
$6K
Groups that hide their donors
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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.
27 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $130K to James R. Walkinshaw across 43 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$130K
Shared contributors
27
Contributions
43
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 43 | $130K |
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James R. Walkinshaw 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