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Andy Kim

D Democrat · Senator, New Jersey
7
Low self-dealing
4/6 components have data
#184 of 193 scored

Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ), elected to the Senate in 2024 after three House terms, presents a largely clean public record on self-dealing metrics. His financial disclosures show only diversified index funds, ETFs, and target-date retirement funds rather than active individual-stock trading, and his estimated net worth (~$1.6M) is mid-pack for Congress. No ethics complaints, personal-use-of-funds allegations, or family lobbying ties surfaced in public records; his spouse is a tax attorney. His Senate voting attendance is among the strongest in the chamber (about 0.8% missed votes). The only modest signals are routine industry concentration in his donor base (securities/investment, lawyers) common to NJ Democrats, which is correlation, not proof of influence.

Public record

In Congress since
2019
Committees
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Senate Special Committee on Aging
Missed votes, 119th Congress
1.0% (9 of 915; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$1.7M raised · 4% from PACs & committees · $1.2M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

Senate cloture on H.R. 7008, Sep 30, 2026
No
Cosponsored a ban bill
S. 5320

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
0
Disclosures show only broad-market index funds, ETFs, and target-date retirement funds (e.g., VTI, VITSX, BlackRock 2033, T. Rowe Price Retire 2045). No active individual-stock periodic transaction reports identified. Per rubric, 0 when no individual-stock trading.
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
5
Estimated net worth ~$1.6M as of late 2025, ranking ~272nd in Congress (mid-pack). No evidence of growth beyond salary plus normal market returns since taking office; holdings are passive index/target-date funds consistent with ordinary appreciation.
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
20
CORRELATION, NOT PROOF. Donor base shows concentration in securities/investment and legal sectors typical of a NJ Democrat; Centerview Partners (investment bank) was the top Victory Fund donor (~$66,200 in 2024). No specific documented vote-for-money quid pro quo identified; reflects routine industry alignment, not demonstrated influence.
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
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No ethics complaints, FEC enforcement actions, or credible reporting of personal use of campaign or leadership-PAC funds identified in public records. Per rubric, absence is not penalized.
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
—
No evidence of family lobbying or contracts tied to office. Spouse Kammy Lai is a tax attorney, not a lobbyist. No documented staff-to-lobbyist pipeline surfaced. Absence not penalized per rubric.
Skips the job to fundraise
10% weight
3
Strong attendance: missed only 7 of 853 roll-call votes (0.8%) Jan 2019-June 2026, better than the 2.8% Senate median. Active fundraising (e.g., a disclosed $357.1K tranche) is ordinary for a first-term senator; no pattern of skipping work for fundraising or paid speeches found.

Sources behind this score: 4 data aggregator · 4 reference database · 1 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 2 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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