Patrick Ryan
Democrat
· NY-18 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Armed Services · Information Technologies · and Innovation · House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure · and Hazardous Materials
Influence Score
67.2
Moderately exposed
↑ +3.7
vs 118th (63.5)
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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
6.8
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
4.7
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$6,297,791
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$8,040,020
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
4.7
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
7.7
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
< 0.1
/ 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
8.9
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
4.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.1
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$9,994 direct
DMFI PAC
$5,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $32.99M 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 — $66K.
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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 | — | — |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 27.3 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 63.5 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 67.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
FAIRSHAKE
Total money from this network
$1,987,660
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
2.9%
Amount from this network
$61,500
Total from all networks
$2,088,085
Networks contributing
321
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Who funds Ryan
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
2.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
40.6%
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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
1
Money that arrived near votes
$2K
Distinct donors
1
Distinct employers
1
Share of their total fundraising
0.03%
Biggest clusters of timed money
LOCKHEED MARTIN
$2K
BOEING
$500
BOEING
$250
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
KLM EQUITIES
$64K
KLM EQUITIES
$43K
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
$39K
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
$34K
KLM EQUITIES
$32K
WHITE CASE LLP
$30K
POWER ROGERS LLP
$28K
PALANTIR
$26K
TRANSDIGM
$26K
PATTERSON PLANNING SERVICES
$25K
KROLL
$24K
JANE STREET
$23K
BAIN CAPITAL
$23K
C V
$21K
CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES
$21K
UPSTATE ROOFING AND SIDING
$21K
PARKSIDE SCHOOL
$20K
ALLOY
$20K
ANDURIL INDUSTRIES
$20K
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT
$20K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Patrick Ryan comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$10.30M
Disclosed outside spending
$10.22M
Dark-money outside spending
$83K
Share that is dark money
0.81%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$20K
Groups hiding their donors
8
By funding network
SLF PAC
$5.37M
FAIRSHAKE
$3.98M
NRCC
$2.44M
WITH HONOR FUND II, INC.
$876K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
$553K
VOTEVETS
$510K
NY COMMON GROUND
$341K
VOTEVETS.ORG ACTION FUND
$239K
BATTLEGROUND NEW YORK
$150K
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS CONGRESSIONAL FUND
$110K
WOMEN SPEAK OUT PAC
$97K
WFW ACTION FUND, INC.
$77K
1199 SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS EAST FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$70K
AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION
$65K
PENN PROGRESS, INC.
$63K
Groups that hide their donors
$29K
$17K
2 smaller groups under $500
$104
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.
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND
$10.01M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND
$43K
MICHAEL R BLOOMBERG
$14.00M
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND
$3.00M
SEBASTIAN SCRIPPS
$1.50M
ELIZABETH SIEGELMAN
$400K
DCCC
$329K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
M QUINN DELANEY
$165K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$130K
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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.
223 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $459K to Patrick Ryan across 320 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$459K
Shared contributors
223
Contributions
320
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31 | 38 | $58K |
| 2024 | 107 | 163 | $254K |
| 2026 | 104 | 119 | $147K |
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Revolving Door
6 former staff members
who worked for Patrick Ryan or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MATT HOFFMANN | St. Asst., LC, Sen. LC Rep. Vitter; LA, Sen. LA, LD Rep. Paul Ryan; Budget Analy… | BGR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | 29 | 112 | 2025–2025 |
| TED MCCANN | Senior Policy Advisor, Speaker Paul Ryan. Subcommittee Staff Director, Ways and … | CM STRATEGIC, LLC | 14 | 27 | 2025–2025 |
| TED MCCANN | Assistant to the Speaker for Policy Subcmmt Staff Director, Ways and Means Budge… | ARTICLE ONE GROUP, LLC | 2 | 12 | 2023–2025 |
| ALLISON STEIL | Deputy Chief of Staff, Congressman Paul D. Ryan (WI-01) | BOARD OF REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | 1 | 13 | 2023–2025 |
| MATTHEW HOFFMANN | House Committee on Financial Services; Senate Finance Committee, Office of the S… | DIGITAL ASSET | 1 | 1 | 2024–2024 |
| MATT HOFFMANN | St. Asst., LC, Sen. LC Rep. Vitter; LA, Sen. LA, LD Rep. Paul Ryan; Budget Analy… | ADVOCUS PARTNERS, LLC | 1 | 5 | 2025–2025 |
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Patrick Ryan 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