Political action committee contributions to congressional candidates
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A political action committee (PAC) is a political committee "organized for the purpose of raising and spending money to elect and defeat candidates."[1] According to the Center for Responsive Politics, "most PACs represent business, labor or ideological interests."[1] The first PAC was formed by the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1944.[1]
The table below details political action committee contributions to congressional candidates from 2012 to 2024. All figures are rendered in millions of dollars (for example, $50.7 translates to $50,700,000).[2]
| PAC contributions to congressional candidates, 2012–2024 (dollars in millions) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Type of PAC | ||||||
| Corporate | Labor | Trade | Membership | Cooperative | Corporations without stock | Non-connected | |
| 2024 | $152.6 | $50.7 | $84.4 | $45.5 | $5.7 | $5.4 | $107.2 |
| 2022 | $145.6 | $50.7 | $78.1 | $26.5 | $5.3 | $5.0 | $118.5 |
| 2020 | $165.7 | $51.7 | $79.0 | $38.1 | $5.1 | $6.6 | $101.2 |
| 2018 | $178.0 | $53.8 | $87.3 | $33.0 | $5.1 | $7.4 | $100.8 |
| 2016 | $181.8 | $46.5 | $82.6 | $40.2 | $4.7 | $7.5 | $78.1 |
| 2014 | $178.1 | $50.6 | $79.2 | $40.1 | $4.9 | $7.0 | $76.0 |
| 2012 | $180.3 | $57.5 | $78.9 | $42.1 | $5.3 | $7.5 | $72.9 |
| Source: Federal Election Commission, "Political action committee data summary tables: PAC Contributions," accessed May 27, 2025 | |||||||
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