Richard Blumenthal
Democrat
· CT Senate · 119th Congress
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Influence Score
46.4
Least exposed
↓ -9.5
vs 118th (55.9)
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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
3.0
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$10
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Spent to defeat this member
$6,567,409
Outside groups that spent to defeat this member (not counted in this score)
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
6.5
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
8.8
/ 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
0.0
/ 2
Outbound money distributionmoney this member sends out to the party and to colleagues
0.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
5.6
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
7.7
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
3.6
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $57.39M 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 — $115K.
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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 | 28.1 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 35.1 | Least exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 55.9 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 46.4 | Least exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
THE 1861 INITIATIVE
Total money from this network
$20,000
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
1.0%
Amount from this network
$12,500
Total from all networks
$1,271,995
Networks contributing
272
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Who funds Blumenthal
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
0.4%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
2.00×
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
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$60K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$51K
CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
$38K
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY
$31K
MOTLEY RICE
$28K
KIRBY MCINERNEY LLP
$25K
STARKEY
$23K
YALE UNIVERSITY
$23K
WILMERHALE
$21K
LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN BERNSTEIN LLP
$20K
FREEPOINT COMMODITIES
$18K
GORI LAW FIRM
$17K
POWER ROGERS AND SMITH
$17K
AMERICAN CRUISE LINES
$17K
CARELLA BYRNE
$16K
BELFER MANAGEMENT
$15K
GOOGLE
$15K
ELECTRIC BOAT
$14K
ARNOLD PORTER
$13K
R D DYNAMICS
$13K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Richard Blumenthal comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
CONNECTICUT PATRIOTS PAC
$5.66M
RESTORATION PAC
$450K
LEADERSHIP NOW
$446K
FRONTIERS OF FREEDOM ACTION, INC.
$16K
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$10
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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.
176 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $220K to Richard Blumenthal across 201 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$220K
Shared contributors
176
Contributions
201
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 176 | 200 | $220K |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | $500 |
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Revolving Door
9 former staff members
who worked for Richard Blumenthal or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLEEN BELL | Legislative Director, Senator Richard Blumenthal; Legislative Director, Congress… | CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC. | 8 | 8 | 2025–2025 |
| JASPER NOBLE | Intern, Sen. Chuck Schumer; Law Clerk, Sen. Richard Blumenthal/Sen Judiciary Cmt… | K&L GATES, LLP | 8 | 8 | 2025–2025 |
| LAURIE RUBINER | Special Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Chief of Staff, Sen. Richard Blumen… | RUBINER STRATEGIES | 4 | 4 | 2024–2025 |
| ELIZABETH GOODWIN | Law Clerk, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Office of Senator Richard Blumenth… | STEPTOE LLP | 2 | 2 | 2023–2024 |
| EVE GRANATOSKY | Legislative Fellow, Office of Senator Richard Blumenthal | LEWIS-BURKE ASSOCIATES, LLC | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| LAURIE RUBINER | Special Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee; Chief of Staff, Sen. Richard Blumen… | KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
| JEREMY BRATT | Legislative Director, Senator Blumenthal; Legislative Director, Senator Dorgan; … | JEREMY BRATT CONSULTING | 1 | 4 | 2023–2025 |
| HANNA AHMARIPOUR | Policy Intern, Senator Blumenthal; Policy Intern, Representative Himes | AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY | 1 | 3 | 2024–2024 |
| ETHAN SAXON | Rep. Maloney, MLA; Rep. Bordallo, MLA; BRAC, Analyst; CNGR, Senior Analyst; Sen.… | THE AI POLICY NETWORK INC. | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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Richard Blumenthal 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