Josh Riley
Democrat
· NY-19 · 119th Congress
House Committee on Agriculture · and Poultry · House Committee on Science · and Technology
Influence Score
53.2
Moderately 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
5.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
6.0
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$12,728,210
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$22,795,978
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
3.9
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.8
/ 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
8.8
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
7.1
/ 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
3.6
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$45,175 direct
DMFI PAC
$6,000 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $25.57M 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 — $51K.
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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
$5,056,172
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
3.2%
Amount from this network
$50,800
Total from all networks
$1,577,570
Networks contributing
261
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Who funds Riley
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$13,602,386
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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
15.6%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
10.7%
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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
BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP
$140K
BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP
$85K
APPLE
$61K
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
$56K
BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER LLP
$54K
JENNER BLOCK LLP
$48K
JENNER BLOCK LLP
$40K
JENNER BLOCK LLP
$39K
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES
$38K
BOIES SCHILLER FLEXNER
$37K
KING SPALDING LLP
$32K
APPLE
$32K
KING SPALDING LLP
$31K
JENNER BLOCK
$31K
GOOGLE
$30K
GOOGLE
$28K
KING SPALDING LLP
$25K
APPLE
$25K
JANE STREET
$24K
PAUL WEISS
$23K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Josh Riley comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
Total outside spending received
$24.38M
Disclosed outside spending
$24.17M
Dark-money outside spending
$214K
Share that is dark money
0.88%
Dark money tied to their policy areas
$189K
Groups hiding their donors
8
By funding network
SLF PAC
$12.42M
NRCC
$6.84M
PROJECT 218
$5.78M
BATTLEGROUND NEW YORK
$2.75M
HOUSE MAJORITY PAC NETWORK
$2.22M
NATIONAL HORIZON
$1.95M
NY COMMON GROUND
$1.01M
AMERICA PAC
$552K
THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUND
$458K
LCV VICTORY FUND
$371K
SAVE AMERICAN FREEDOM
$260K
EARN INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
$250K
VOICE FOR NEW YORK
$153K
RURAL FREEDOM NETWORK
$107K
1199 SEIU UNITED HEALTHCARE WORKERS EAST FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUND
$100K
Groups that hide their donors
$167K
$16K
1 smaller group under $500
$158
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
$239K
JEFFRIES VICTORY FUND
$225K
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$86K
SUSIE LEE FOR CONGRESS
$85K
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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.
132 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $247K to Josh Riley across 223 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$247K
Shared contributors
132
Contributions
223
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29 | 40 | $36K |
| 2024 | 51 | 89 | $90K |
| 2026 | 69 | 94 | $121K |
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Josh Riley 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