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PAC-Men and PAC-Women: Senate
Contributions from Political Action Committees (PACs)
Members of Congress are elected to represent constituents, but often receive contributions from special interest organizations known as political action committees (PACs). PACs may give up to $5,000 per candidate per election and typically target elections in which their donations will have the biggest impact.
Some members included in our overall charts have stated publicly in news reports or other sources that they do not accept any PAC money whatsoever. PACs, which are the source for the data below, do not always report returned donations. The following members have indicated that they take no money from PACs: Senators Maria Cantwell (D.-Wash.), Herb Kohl (D.-Wisc.) and Mark Dayton (D.-Minn); as well as Rep.’s Hostettler (D-Mass.), Inglis (R-S.C.), Meehan (D-Mass.), Leach (R-Iowa), Osborne (R-Neb.) and Platts (R-Pa.).
Member |
State |
Contributions, 2000 Cycle to Present |
% of Total Contributions |
Contributions from Business PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)* |
Contributions from Labor PACs Per Cycle (adjusted) |
Contributions Per Cycle (adjusted) |
PAC Rank |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| $ 5,073,951 |
48.20 % |
$ 1,542,371 |
$ 140,430 |
$ 1,753,812 |
1 |
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| $ 4,299,932 |
32.80 % |
$ 1,047,039 |
$ 269,762 |
$ 1,366,783 |
2 |
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| $ 3,718,196 |
33.50 % |
$ 1,178,425 |
$ 43,058 |
$ 1,261,822 |
3 |
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| $ 3,704,065 |
30.40 % |
$ 1,193,027 |
$ 12,142 |
$ 1,253,552 |
4 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,973,092 |
42.50 % |
$ 1,176,211 |
$ 28,179 |
$ 1,236,106 |
5 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,816,665 |
49.10 % |
$ 1,040,589 |
$ 115,285 |
$ 1,187,598 |
6 |
||||||||||
| $ 7,096,991 |
19.70 % |
$ 1,129,608 |
$ 13,475 |
$ 1,181,890 |
7 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,316,205 |
33.30 % |
$ 884,949 |
$ 207,708 |
$ 1,178,531 |
8 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,440,740 |
20.10 % |
$ 1,107,233 |
$ 12,653 |
$ 1,135,615 |
9 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,376,218 |
24.50 % |
$ 1,018,043 |
$ 34,188 |
$ 1,079,123 |
10 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,820,845 |
36.20 % |
$ 715,055 |
$ 191,262 |
$ 1,002,470 |
11 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,224,942 |
15.70 % |
$ 812,194 |
$ 109,604 |
$ 990,707 |
12 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,032,126 |
33.20 % |
$ 817,918 |
$ 108,340 |
$ 965,177 |
13 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,771,230 |
18.20 % |
$ 894,063 |
$ 7,367 |
$ 955,892 |
14 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,764,028 |
46.30 % |
$ 828,935 |
$ 105,122 |
$ 950,912 |
15 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,903,701 |
17.50 % |
$ 735,907 |
$ 156,394 |
$ 921,890 |
16 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,585,384 |
24.10 % |
$ 876,983 |
$ 7,268 |
$ 921,155 |
17 |
||||||||||
| $ 4,984,699 |
21.20 % |
$ 798,689 |
$ 41,503 |
$ 855,345 |
18 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,459,135 |
54.20 % |
$ 801,241 |
$ 15,688 |
$ 827,080 |
19 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,333,671 |
19.00 % |
$ 472,214 |
$ 245,929 |
$ 819,595 |
20 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,527,958 |
50.90 % |
$ 561,610 |
$ 206,238 |
$ 795,748 |
21 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,167,648 |
36.40 % |
$ 731,283 |
$ 3,506 |
$ 780,821 |
22 |
||||||||||
| $ 4,084,719 |
26.80 % |
$ 747,084 |
$ 6,371 |
$ 776,800 |
23 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,464,784 |
16.20 % |
$ 431,687 |
$ 248,121 |
$ 765,030 |
24 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,507,633 |
25.60 % |
$ 713,477 |
$ 19,490 |
$ 750,891 |
25 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,143,888 |
12.00 % |
$ 716,427 |
$ 3,535 |
$ 746,622 |
26 |
||||||||||
| $ 4,418,481 |
47.60 % |
$ 605,439 |
$ 101,725 |
$ 741,772 |
27 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,110,029 |
14.00 % |
$ 703,656 |
$ 9,090 |
$ 739,360 |
28 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,382,405 |
62.40 % |
$ 711,279 |
$ 11,918 |
$ 735,683 |
29 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,079,333 |
18.80 % |
$ 466,865 |
$ 202,788 |
$ 733,843 |
30 |
||||||||||
| $ 4,356,680 |
50.90 % |
$ 571,187 |
$ 127,930 |
$ 732,000 |
31 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,096,772 |
36.10 % |
$ 690,477 |
$ 8,633 |
$ 721,622 |
32 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,357,252 |
55.30 % |
$ 679,466 |
$ 25,910 |
$ 712,376 |
33 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,996,942 |
45.70 % |
$ 652,354 |
$ 20,027 |
$ 703,343 |
34 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,258,619 |
20.20 % |
$ 649,206 |
$ 34,863 |
$ 698,125 |
35 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,032,804 |
32.70 % |
$ 660,031 |
$ 23,682 |
$ 696,293 |
36 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,991,803 |
37.60 % |
$ 674,510 |
$ 18,437 |
$ 695,938 |
37 |
||||||||||
| $ 4,076,712 |
12.00 % |
$ 643,108 |
$ 6,834 |
$ 687,537 |
38 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,955,386 |
34.90 % |
$ 640,417 |
$ 8,072 |
$ 676,460 |
39 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,530,231 |
19.20 % |
$ 632,433 |
$ 5,152 |
$ 663,056 |
40 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,902,731 |
71.00 % |
$ 633,595 |
$ 8,718 |
$ 654,324 |
41 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,830,241 |
37.90 % |
$ 565,311 |
$ 36,388 |
$ 648,821 |
42 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,720,021 |
19.00 % |
$ 594,511 |
$ 6,618 |
$ 641,364 |
43 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,689,398 |
32.30 % |
$ 600,748 |
$ 7,407 |
$ 626,131 |
44 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,052,362 |
30.10 % |
$ 584,420 |
$ 6,598 |
$ 618,765 |
45 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,379,195 |
38.70 % |
$ 574,746 |
$ 11,497 |
$ 613,776 |
46 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,667,927 |
18.50 % |
$ 396,912 |
$ 177,740 |
$ 609,297 |
47 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,995,402 |
13.80 % |
$ 543,209 |
$ 2,755 |
$ 592,065 |
48 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,653,341 |
22.20 % |
$ 556,600 |
$ 3,483 |
$ 584,750 |
49 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,433,534 |
19.90 % |
$ 553,526 |
$ 11,202 |
$ 582,286 |
50 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,454,915 |
21.70 % |
$ 546,122 |
$ 1,808 |
$ 576,890 |
51 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,722,950 |
6.2 % |
$ 444,063 |
$ 86,438 |
$ 563,477 |
52 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,547,852 |
37.10 % |
$ 390,735 |
$ 133,546 |
$ 547,688 |
53 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,199,725 |
30.30 % |
$ 524,526 |
$ 8,993 |
$ 540,385 |
54 |
||||||||||
| $ 3,060,546 |
13.20 % |
$ 370,628 |
$ 106,441 |
$ 521,644 |
55 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,705,038 |
44.90 % |
$ 498,110 |
$ 2,110 |
$ 519,148 |
56 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,980,495 |
13.30 % |
$ 246,788 |
$ 223,432 |
$ 502,777 |
57 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,431,912 |
49.80 % |
$ 488,368 |
$ 4,767 |
$ 496,912 |
58 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,582,939 |
7.8 % |
$ 217,425 |
$ 185,332 |
$ 489,176 |
59 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,542,382 |
21.60 % |
$ 458,978 |
$ 13,144 |
$ 486,298 |
60 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,670,663 |
28.60 % |
$ 423,072 |
$ 25,245 |
$ 485,212 |
61 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,883,902 |
35.90 % |
$ 360,817 |
$ 94,503 |
$ 476,847 |
62 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,745,319 |
3.2 % |
$ 250,487 |
$ 172,364 |
$ 461,557 |
63 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,699,134 |
12.50 % |
$ 351,954 |
$ 80,093 |
$ 458,314 |
64 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,472,579 |
35.90 % |
$ 421,897 |
$ 4,883 |
$ 453,086 |
65 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,286,141 |
13.10 % |
$ 420,506 |
$ 1,940 |
$ 439,973 |
66 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,520,347 |
16.10 % |
$ 346,028 |
$ 54,353 |
$ 435,372 |
67 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,537,591 |
41.40 % |
$ 335,034 |
$ 75,974 |
$ 433,022 |
68 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,391,740 |
20.20 % |
$ 282,370 |
$ 106,850 |
$ 424,231 |
69 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,368,433 |
21.20 % |
$ 394,188 |
$ 1,188 |
$ 423,092 |
70 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,226,534 |
22.60 % |
$ 231,812 |
$ 147,505 |
$ 420,647 |
71 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,307,805 |
8.6 % |
$ 372,963 |
$ 22,625 |
$ 417,041 |
72 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,145,854 |
14.20 % |
$ 344,864 |
$ 42,703 |
$ 415,327 |
73 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,149,883 |
33.40 % |
$ 312,934 |
$ 79,707 |
$ 414,932 |
74 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,119,426 |
24.70 % |
$ 388,754 |
$ 10,279 |
$ 407,648 |
75 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,012,886 |
16.60 % |
$ 344,319 |
$ 14,029 |
$ 386,023 |
76 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,251,490 |
11.90 % |
$ 207,759 |
$ 118,129 |
$ 382,647 |
77 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,271,185 |
23.30 % |
$ 261,885 |
$ 81,790 |
$ 381,062 |
78 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,170,609 |
5.8 % |
$ 218,944 |
$ 83,222 |
$ 346,054 |
79 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,983,914 |
16.10 % |
$ 331,085 |
$ 4,196 |
$ 337,429 |
80 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,867,327 |
35.70 % |
$ 265,977 |
$ 25,990 |
$ 319,123 |
81 |
||||||||||
| $ 2,186,085 |
8.3 % |
$ 283,868 |
$- 156 |
$ 314,418 |
82 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,019,050 |
9.50 % |
$ 141,764 |
$ 110,375 |
$ 304,057 |
83 |
||||||||||
| $ 856,245 |
34.80 % |
$ 160,065 |
$ 112,652 |
$ 301,059 |
84 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,766,448 |
20.00 % |
$ 288,129 |
$ 2,357 |
$ 299,683 |
85 |
||||||||||
| $ 809,510 |
15.30 % |
$ 171,568 |
$ 73,576 |
$ 296,474 |
86 |
||||||||||
| $ 982,119 |
29.60 % |
$ 213,896 |
$ 63,779 |
$ 293,833 |
87 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,645,524 |
58.20 % |
$ 268,932 |
$ 2,625 |
$ 278,007 |
88 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,367,396 |
22.60 % |
$ 188,824 |
$ 25,978 |
$ 235,365 |
89 |
||||||||||
| $ 741,577 |
4.9 % |
$ 78,873 |
$ 91,948 |
$ 225,657 |
90 |
||||||||||
| $ 1,275,969 |
23.00 % |
$ 133,959 |
$ 77,522 |
$ 218,606 |
91 |
||||||||||
| $ 598,650 |
13.70 % |
$ 99,952 |
$ 78,133 |
$ 206,516 |
92 |
||||||||||
| $ 640,286 |
11.80 % |
$ 151,311 |
$ 1,650 |
$ 189,125 |
93 |
||||||||||
| $ 908,441 |
37.30 % |
$ 63,230 |
$ 78,001 |
$ 154,811 |
94 |
||||||||||
| $ 244,221 |
7.7 % |
$ 61,966 |
$ 14,975 |
$ 79,819 |
95 |
||||||||||
| $ 226,389 |
2.2 % |
$ 35,587 |
$ 40,095 |
$ 75,489 |
96 |
||||||||||
| $ 134,759 |
0.5 % |
$ 31,370 |
$ 12,024 |
$ 45,279 |
97 |
||||||||||
| $ 13,795 |
0.1 % |
$ 372 |
$ 4,208 |
$ 4,581 |
98 |
||||||||||
| $ 21,250 |
0.1 % |
$ 1,104 |
$ 1,396 |
$ 3,576 |
99 |
||||||||||
| $ 8,365 |
0.1 % |
$ 1,238 |
$ 0 |
$ 1,486 |
100 |
