Jim Jordan
Representative · R-OH-4
OverviewMoney & Influence
83% of Jordan's money comes from outside OH.
The majority of funding comes from donors who cannot vote for this member.
$577K raised$91 avg donation17% from OH8 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
83% of donations come from outside OH
A supermajority of Jim Jordan's funding comes from donors who cannot vote for them.
8 former staff now work as lobbyists
Multiple former employees have moved to lobbying firms, 4 with high-confidence matches.
61% of individual donations come from retirees
The majority of individual donations come from retired donors — common for nationally prominent members.
Low committee-donor overlap
PAC funding shows minimal connection to industries regulated by this member's committee.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — Jim Jordan's office.
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The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
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The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
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The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
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The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
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🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Jordan's leadership PAC raised $41.4M — more than individual donors contributed directly. Top individual donor: Kimber, Damon from NY ($40K).
Industry PACs
$528KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$41.4MHow much power this member brokers
Buckeye Liberty Political Action Committee
Raised: $672KSpent: $165K
House Freedom Fund
Raised: $7.2MSpent: $7.5M
Buckeye Liberty Political Action Committee
Raised: $806KSpent: $743K
Buckeye Liberty Political Action Committee
Raised: $127KSpent: $58K
House Freedom Fund
Raised: $11.7MSpent: $11.7M
Top Individual Donors
$5.6MNamed people writing checks
Kimber, Damon↗$40K
NY · 2xBarker, Robin↗$21K
SD · 4xSall, Steven↗$17K
CT · Tep Clothing · 18xPeck, John↗$16K
TX · 11xLewis, Bob↗$16K
CA · 64xNY · Fairport Baptist Home · 2x
Jordan
Judiciary
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Congress
902
Economics and Public Finance
649
Armed Forces and National Security
468
Government Operations and Politics
313
International Affairs
290
Finance and Financial Sector
204
The Revolving Door
Andrew P. Jones — paid intern → Williams And Jensen, Pllc; Apollo Government Relations; Federal Street Strategies, Llc↗(437 filings)
Zachary C. Scott — paid intern - house program → National Association Of Secondary School Principals; National Association Of Secondary School Principals; School-based Health Alliance↗(20 filings)
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.