Politicians supported
54
distinct FEC recipients
pac · NY
No lobbying disclosures, no federal contracts -- just a sizable run of campaign giving, $104K reported to the FEC. Data through August 2026.
The verdict
Paul Tonko ranks in the top 62% of 21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity, with its only tracked channel being a sizable run of campaign giving, led by Nikki Budzinski.
Where Paul Tonko's total federal influence footprint sits
21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity
$104,311 13445th of 21666 higher than 8,221 of 21,666 organizations
the full population, bucketed by value
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Source FEC contributions, LDA lobbying disclosures, and USASpending federal contracts · August 2026
Politicians supported
54
distinct FEC recipients
Lobbying years filed
0
LDA disclosure years
LDA issue areas
0
distinct policy categories
Each tracked channel is percentile-scored against its own national benchmark, then averaged across only the channels that apply to a pac -- not one dollar sum where contract size can drown out everything else.
Overall activity score
F
15/100
Campaign contributions
F
41/100 · $104K
Lobbying expenditures
F
7/100 · $0
Federal contracts
F
2/100 · $0
Independent expenditures
F
10/100 · $0
Paul Tonko, with a disclosed filing address in NY,'s only channel in this dataset is campaign giving: a a sizable PAC history totaling $104K, topped by Nikki Budzinski, with no lobbying disclosures or federal contracts on record.
On the campaign side, Paul Tonko's PAC contributions reached 54 federal politicians, led by Nikki Budzinski at $4K.
Cross-state nearest neighbors on two independent axes, combined tracked activity and Senate LDA lobbying spend, so the lattice is not filing-state containment.
Other organizations with nearest total contributions + lobbying + contracts ($104K here), outside NY filing-state peers.
Paul Tonko has a combined recorded federal activity total of $104K, made up of $104K in campaign contributions. This is a convenience sum across three separate official populations, not a measure of causal political influence. Data from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov for 2023-2024.
Paul Tonko contributed $104K to political campaigns during the 2024 election cycle through its PAC. Paul Tonko supported 54 politicians, with the largest contribution going to Nikki Budzinski ($4K). All contribution data is sourced from Federal Election Commission filings.
PlainInfluence aggregates data from three federal sources: the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for campaign contributions, the Senate Office of Public Records for lobbying disclosures under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and USAspending.gov for federal contract awards. Data covers the 2023-2024 reporting period.
Combined activity (internally total_influence) is a convenience sum of three different official populations: FEC campaign contributions (2024 election cycle), Senate LDA lobbying expenditures (2023 and 2024 filing years, summed), and USAspending federal contract obligations (fiscal year 2024). It is a cross-dataset discovery index only, not causation, effectiveness, or political influence. Channel dollars are shown side by side; see /methodology#cross-stage-populations.
What to do with this organization
Every figure traces to a real FEC, LDA, or USASpending filing; contribution and lobbying totals are not the same as spending on any specific outcome.
According to the Federal Election Commission and the Senate Office of Public Records, more than 14,000 political action committees and over 12,500 lobbying registrants filed disclosure reports covering the 2024 election cycle and calendar-year 2024 lobbying period respectively. Every figure on this page comes from official FEC, Senate LDA, or USAspending.gov filings, described on our methodology page. Data was last updated in August 2026.
Every figure on PlainInfluence is rendered directly from official FEC, Senate LDA and USAspending records, no number is typed in by an editor. Contribution, lobbying, and contract totals are aggregated directly from FEC, Senate LDA, and USAspending bulk data, no figure is hand-entered. Disclosed contributions, lobbying, and contracts are lawful, regulated activities, appearing on this page is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our disclaimer, or report a data error. Data current as of 2023-2024.