James A. Himes
Democrat
· CT-4 · 119th Congress
International Development (Chair) · and Monetary Policy (Chair) · House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Chair) · House Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth (Chair) · House Committee on Financial Services · and Capital Markets
Influence Score
73.4
Highly exposed
↓ -3.4
vs 118th (76.8)
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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
5.9
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$29
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$40,012
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
5.3
/ 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
13.5
/ 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
7.0
/ 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
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$501 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $17.05M 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 — $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 | 69.9 | Highly exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 67.2 | Highly exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 76.8 | Highly exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 73.4 | Highly exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$58,500
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
1.8%
Amount from this network
$45,000
Total from all networks
$2,495,565
Networks contributing
302
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Who funds Himes
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
92.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
55.6%
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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
17
Money that arrived near votes
$70K
Distinct donors
27
Distinct employers
10
Share of their total fundraising
4.38%
Biggest clusters of timed money
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$7K
FERMAT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
FERMAT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$7K
WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
FERMAT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$6K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$3K
KINTEGRAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
FERMAT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$20K
ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ
$20K
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
$18K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$16K
DIGITAL CURRENCY
$16K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$16K
COINBASE
$14K
FERMAT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
$13K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$12K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$11K
AI LAB WATCH
$10K
ANTHROPIC
$10K
OBSERVATORY
$10K
LHP CAPITAL
$10K
KOLMAR AMERICAS
$9K
APOLLO
$9K
KINNERET
$8K
PROSHARE ADVISORS
$8K
OBSERVATORY
$7K
COWEN
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against James A. Himes comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$31K
Disclosed outside spending
$31K
Dark-money outside spending
$8
Share that is dark money
0.03%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$0
Groups hiding their donors
1
By funding network
COMMON SENSE FOR CONNECTICUT
$40K
DEMOCRACY PAC
$195
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$67
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$40
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.
74 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $1.52M to James A. Himes across 117 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$1.52M
Shared contributors
74
Contributions
117
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 50 | 58 | $483K |
| 2024 | 33 | 56 | $707K |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | $330K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for James A. Himes or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HANNA AHMARIPOUR | Policy Intern, Senator Blumenthal; Policy Intern, Representative Himes | AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY | 1 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
| JON BOUGHTIN | Member Services Director, New Democrat Coalition; Part Time Employee, Rep. Jim H… | TRANS UNION LLC | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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James A. Himes'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