Jahana Hayes
Democrat
· CT-5 · 119th Congress
and Department Operations (Chair) · House Committee on Agriculture · and Poultry · House Committee on Education and Labor · and Secondary Education · House Committee on Education and Workforce · and Pensions
Influence Score
62.0
Moderately exposed
↑ +6.6
vs 118th (55.4)
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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
8.1
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
3.9
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$4,334,781
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$3,502,354
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.8
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.1
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
0.5
/ 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
10.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
9.6
/ 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
2.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
JSTREETPAC
$10,045 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $14.34M 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 — $29K.
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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 | 52.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 56.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 55.4 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 62.0 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
Total money from this network
$1,704,464
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
2.3%
Amount from this network
$54,000
Total from all networks
$2,346,022
Networks contributing
402
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Who funds Hayes
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
7.1%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
22.6%
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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
3
Money that arrived near votes
$12K
Distinct donors
3
Distinct employers
3
Share of their total fundraising
0.39%
Biggest clusters of timed money
TRINITY COLLEGE
$5K
BARD COLLEGE
$3K
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
$3K
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
$500
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
$500
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
$500
CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY
$450
AFT CONNECTICUT
$250
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
$250
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
BERKSHIRE
$15K
LOEHMANN BLASIUS
$13K
THE BAUPOST
$10K
THE HARNISCH
$10K
PALOMA ADVISORS
$10K
CME CHURCH
$10K
JP MORGAN CHASE
$10K
TEENLIFE MEDIA
$10K
ALPHABET
$9K
ALSOP LOUIE
$9K
GREYLOCK
$9K
JREI
$9K
LONE PINE CAPITAL
$9K
TUSK
$9K
UNION SQUARE HOSPITALITY
$9K
PALOMA ADVISORS
$9K
UNION SQUARE HOSPITALITY
$9K
BAIN CAPITAL
$7K
GIVE FORWARD
$7K
LAW OFFICES OF R STEPHEN MCNALLY
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Jahana Hayes comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$5.39M
Disclosed outside spending
$4.91M
Dark-money outside spending
$473K
Share that is dark money
8.79%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$384K
Groups hiding their donors
8
By funding network
SLF PAC
$2.78M
DCCC
$1.70M
NEA ADVOCACY FUND
$930K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$726K
NRCC
$572K
CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PAC
$320K
WFP IE COMMITTEE
$187K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$145K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$128K
CLIMATE POWER ACTION
$124K
IMPACT CT INC.
$123K
ELECT EDUCATORS EVERYWHERE
$70K
THE DEMOCRATIC ACTION PAC
$32K
MOMSRISING TOGETHER
$23K
WORKING AMERICA
$11K
Groups that hide their donors
$316K
$62K
$12K
$6K
2 smaller groups under $500
$426
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.
TITUS FOR CONGRESS
$84K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$83K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$82K
BRITTANY PETTERSEN FOR COLORADO
$26K
PAUL DOOLEY
$17K
CYNTHIA SNELL
$6K
ROSLYN MEYER
$5K
DONALD HENLEY
$4K
WILIAM HANEY
$4K
CATHERINE ROMLEY
$2K
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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.
87 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $158K to Jahana Hayes across 168 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$158K
Shared contributors
87
Contributions
168
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 52 | 80 | $71K |
| 2024 | 46 | 76 | $78K |
| 2026 | 7 | 12 | $10K |
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Revolving Door
1 former staff member
who worked for Jahana Hayes or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH DUNN | L.A. Sr. Policy Advisor, LD - Rep. Anthony Weiner; LD - Rep. Chris Murphy; Sr. P… | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS | 1 | 20 | 2023–2025 |
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Jahana Hayes 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