Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. While Congress created the Federal Election Commission to oversee federal elections in 1974, each state is left to regulate its local elections.
Committees receiving the most contributions during week ending February 1
Committee | Amount | Average contribution amount |
---|---|---|
House Republican Campaign Committee | $324,900 | $14,768 |
Friends of Rich Fitzgerald | $273,460 | $2,442 |
Allegheny County Republican Committee | $217,800 | $1,304 |
DGA Victory Fund | $204,750 | $34,125 |
Pennsylvania Prosperity, PAC | $100,000 | $100,000 |
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 Committee on Political Education | $93,195 | $98 |
Delaware County Republican Finance Committee 7900243 | $77,086 | $2,029 |
Friends of Freedom & Convenience | $70,000 | $23,333 |
Represent, PAC | $62,725 | $1,742 |
Friends of Andy Dinniman | $61,925 | $837 |
Pennsylvania Future Fund | $61,500 | $3,237 |
Democratic Attorneys General Association - Pennsylvania | $58,450 | $3,897 |
United Steelworkers Political Action Fund | $53,243 | $17 |
Republican State Leadership Committee & Individual Account, PAC | $50,000 | $50,000 |
FedEx Corporation Political Action Committee | $47,273 | $31 |
Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $42,000 | $7,000 |
Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees Political Action Committee | $37,482 | $25 |
NiSource PAC, Inc. | $35,605 | $137 |
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee | $35,500 | $35,500 |
Benninghoff for Representative | $35,000 | $17,500 |
Merck & Company, Employees Political Action Committee, Inc. | $32,477 | $55 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | $28,230 | $1,086 |
Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | $27,350 | $2,735 |
Local 0066 Club, PAC | $26,692 | $26,692 |
Enterprise Holdings Political Action Committee, Inc. | $25,250 | $3,607 |
Friends of Farnese | $24,721 | $6,180 |
Transportation Construction Industries, PAC | $22,000 | $5,500 |
Local 0712 Ibew Cope | $20,990 | $29 |
Zeneca Political Action Committee, Inc. | $20,868 | $15 |
Humane Pennsylvania | $20,000 | $20,000 |
TBB, PAC | $20,000 | $20,000 |
Dauphin County Republican Committee | $19,933 | $687 |
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 1, PAC | $19,391 | $19,391 |
Wolf, PAC | $18,189 | $1,137 |
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, PAC | $17,550 | $258 |
McKesson Corporation Employees Political Fund | $16,415 | $34 |
Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania, Inc. | $16,051 | $159 |
Aqua America H2O Political Action Committee, Inc. | $15,240 | $90 |
Allstate Insurance Company, PAC | $15,224 | $34 |
Bridge Across Pennsylvania, PAC | $15,000 | $7,500 |
Clark Hill Thorp Reed, PAC | $15,000 | $15,000 |
Walgreen Company, PAC | $14,463 | $60 |
Senate Republican Campaign Committee | $14,284 | $2,041 |
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers | $14,275 | $4,758 |
Cumberland County Republican Committee | $14,020 | $2,003 |
George Scott for Pennsylvania 15 | $13,950 | $211 |
Greenlee Partners State, PAC | $13,885 | $1,389 |
Pennsylvania Health Care Association, PAC | $13,507 | $466 |
Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee | $13,455 | $3,364 |
People for Emily Kinkead | $12,936 | $4,312 |