James E. Risch
Republican
· ID Senate · 119th Congress
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (Chair) · Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources · and Mining · the Pacific · and International Cybersecurity Policy · Multilateral Institutions · and International Economic · and Environmental Policy · South Asia · Central Asia · and Counterterrorism · International Operations · and Bilateral International Development · Transnational Crime · Civilian Security · Human Rights · and Global Women's Issues · Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship · Senate Select Committee on Ethics · Senate Select Committee on Intelligence · United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control
Influence Score
60.2
Moderately exposed
↑ +24.2
vs 118th (36.0)
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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
3.2
/ 12
Outside spendingmoney spent by groups to help elect them
0.0
/ 6
Lobbyinghow hard lobbyists push the committees this member sits on
5.3
/ 10
Vote alignmenthow often they vote the way their donors want
6.9
/ 12
Contribution timingmoney arriving near key votes
6.0
/ 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
5.0
/ 16
Cluster network breadthhow many coordinated funding networks back this member
4.9
/ 10
Committee jurisdiction powerthe legislative reach of the committees this member sits on
10.0
/ 10
Foreign interestforeign-interest money — Israel-policy PACs and FARA-registered institutional lobbying allocated by committee jurisdiction
6.0
/ 12
Israel-policy PACs behind this score
NORPAC
$18,000 direct
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
$4,994 direct
FARA institutional lobbying
This member’s committees are targeted by $44.76M 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 — $90K.
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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 | 35.2 | Least exposed |
| 117th · 2021-2023 | 59.1 | Moderately exposed |
| 118th · 2023-2025 | 36.0 | Least exposed |
| 119th · 2025-2027 | 60.2 | Moderately exposed |
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Biggest funding source
The single network behind the most money and influence
Network
TEAM HERSCHEL, INC
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.
Network
TEAM HERSCHEL, INC
Share from this one network
1.7%
Amount from this network
$20,000
Total from all networks
$1,175,671
Networks contributing
238
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Who funds Risch
Every funding network we can measure, ranked by influence
$565,750
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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
1.0%
Extra weight when money matches their committees
1.50×
Share of outside spending tied to their policy areas
0.0%
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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
2
Money that arrived near votes
$13K
Distinct donors
4
Distinct employers
2
Share of their total fundraising
4.91%
Biggest clusters of timed money
1ST FINANCIAL BANK USA
$7K
JANE STREET
$7K
METRO CITY BANK
$500
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Top Donors
Biggest sources of contributions, grouped by employer, this cycle
ACCESS INDUSTRIES
$14K
BGR
$12K
BLUFF POINT ASSOCIATES
$12K
HUNTER ENGINEERING
$12K
RELIANCE SYSTEMS
$12K
THE INVUS
$10K
ALLIANTGROUP
$10K
ALPHA SERVICES
$10K
LAGOS LAGOS PLL
$9K
BGR
$8K
TECORE NETWORKS
$8K
AMIRA-ISTATION
$7K
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT
$7K
AUDAX
$7K
BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK
$7K
C VENTURES
$7K
CAPITAL
$7K
CEO
$7K
CHARLES POTOMAC CAPITAL
$7K
CLEARPATH
$7K
Where the outside money comes from
How much of the outside spending for and against James E. Risch comes from groups that disclose their donors versus groups that hide them
By funding network
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY VICTORY FUND (EVERYTOWN VICTORY FUND)
$862
VOTE LOCAL VOTE BLUE
$760
REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP FUND INC.
$720
HUNTER ACTION FUND (HAF)
$506
CONSERVATIVES OF
$150
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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.
256 individuals who also gave to pro-Israel PACs contributed $404K to James E. Risch across 286 contributions.
Total from shared contributors
$404K
Shared contributors
256
Contributions
286
By cycle
| Cycle | Shared donors | Gifts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | $3K |
| 2026 | 256 | 284 | $401K |
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Revolving Door
2 former staff members
who worked for James E. Risch or the committees they serve are now registered lobbyists.
| Lobbyist | Former position | Firm | Clients | Filings | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MELANIE STEELE | Associate Director, Council of Environmental Quality; Legislative Director, Sena… | CO2EFFICIENT LLC | 5 | 31 | 2023–2024 |
| JOCELYN FRANCIS | Legislative Assistant (Senator Risch); Legislative Director (Rep. Ted Budd); Leg… | PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH HEALTH | 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
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James E. Risch 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