Christopher Murphy
Democrat
· CT Senate · 119th Congress
South Asia (Chair) · Central Asia (Chair) · and Counterterrorism (Chair) · Senate Committee on Appropriations · Health and Human Services · and Education · and Related Agencies · Foreign Operations · and Related Programs · Housing and Urban Development · Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · the Pacific · and International Cybersecurity Policy · International Operations · and Bilateral International Development · Transnational Crime · Civilian Security · Human Rights · and Global Women's Issues · Senate Committee on Health · and Pensions
Influence Score
60.5
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
0.3
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
< 0.1
/ 6
Spent to help elect them
$170
Outside groups that spent to help elect this member — this drives the outside-spending bar above
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
8.2
/ 10
Revolving door
former staff now working as lobbyists
0.0
/ 3
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
9.6
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
1.2
/ 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
13.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
0.8
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
6.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
9.3
/ 12
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $227.84M 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 — $456K.
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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 | 82.2 | Most exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 45.8 | Moderately exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.5 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Total money from this network
$20,000
Number of funding networks contributing
1
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Who funds Murphy
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
99.9%
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
Times money arrived near a vote
42
Money that arrived near votes
$108K
Distinct donors
53
Distinct employers
34
Share of their total fundraising
0.98%
Biggest clusters of timed money
BLACKSTONE
$8K
JANE STREET
$7K
MATRIX INVESTMENT
$7K
RICHMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT
$7K
SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT
$7K
SILVER GOLUB TEITELL LLP
$6K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$5K
BLACKSTONE
$5K
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
$4K
BANK STREET
$3K
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
$41K
YALE UNIVERSITY
$38K
PAUL WEISS
$31K
PJT
$28K
SCOTT SCOTT LLP
$26K
WCAS
$26K
SCOTT SCOTT
$25K
HARTFORD HEALTHCARE
$24K
BLACKSTONE
$24K
SILVER GOLUB TEITELL LLP
$22K
APAX
$22K
PAUL WEISS RIFKIND WHARTON GARRISON
$20K
SIMMONS HANLY CONROY
$20K
GOLDMAN SACHS
$19K
ANALYSIS
$18K
BLUE STATE COFFEE
$18K
ELLIOTT MANAGEMENT
$17K
SIGULER GUFF
$17K
SAVE THE CHILDREN
$17K
ELLIOTT
$16K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against Christopher Murphy comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION)
$12K
CARE ACTION
$2K
MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
$160
DEMOCRACY PAC
$72
SIERRA CLUB INDEPENDENT ACTION
$20
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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 $644K to Christopher Murphy across 246 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$644K
Shared contributors
74
Contributions
246
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 14 | $18K |
| 2024 | 54 | 124 | $605K |
| 2026 | 16 | 108 | $20K |
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Christopher Murphy 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