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 August 1
Committee | Amount | Average contribution amount |
---|---|---|
Pennsylvania SEIU Cope | $1,108,577 | $1,108,577 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | $529,395 | $4,525 |
Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $123,595 | $24,719 |
Flippable - Pennsylvania Victory Fund | $121,792 | $876 |
DGA Victory Fund | $101,150 | $12,644 |
End Citizens United Non-Federal Pennsylvania | $96,533 | $56 |
Mid-Atlantic Laborers' Political League | $94,062 | $94,062 |
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 Committee on Political Education | $76,923 | $89 |
Committee for a Better Tomorrow | $69,959 | $2,691 |
Pennsylvania Future Fund | $62,000 | $8,857 |
Wolf, PAC | $60,025 | $20,008 |
United Steelworkers Political Action Fund | $58,915 | $17 |
Bucks County Republican Committee | $45,920 | $15,307 |
AFSCME Council 13 | $45,397 | $2,522 |
Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees Political Action Committee | $42,166 | $18 |
Psea-Pace for State Elections | $39,022 | $49 |
NiSource PAC, Inc. | $37,150 | $120 |
Commonwealth Leaders Fund | $31,000 | $10,333 |
Merck & Company, Employees Political Action Committee, Inc. | $28,850 | $42 |
Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | $25,000 | $25,000 |
Political Information Committee of CPAs | $23,575 | $3,368 |
Montgomery County Democratic Committee | $22,966 | $1,094 |
Local 0066 Club, PAC | $21,941 | $21,941 |
Zeneca Political Action Committee, Inc. | $21,579 | $16 |
Walgreen Company, PAC | $21,041 | $32 |
The Pennsylvania Blue Victory Fund | $20,825 | $341 |
Seiu Caregivers Action | $20,500 | $20,500 |
Friends of Joe Torsella | $18,250 | $2,607 |
Aqua America H2O Political Action Committee, Inc. | $15,198 | $92 |
Ridley Township Republican Finance Committee | $14,700 | $1,050 |
Friends of Devlin Robinson | $13,800 | $812 |
Pennsylvania Bankers Public Affairs Committee | $13,750 | $458 |
Democracy Fund | $13,500 | $1,227 |
Friends of Joe Pittman | $12,950 | $719 |
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers | $12,580 | $105 |
Garrity for Pennsylvania | $12,210 | $611 |
Pennsylvania Automotive Association Political Action Committee | $11,250 | $938 |
Heidelbaugh for Attorney General, Inc. | $11,200 | $1,244 |
Pennsylvania Apartment Association | $10,000 | $10,000 |
Responsible Citizens for Economic Progress | $9,625 | $1,375 |
Friends of Jake Corman | $9,500 | $2,375 |
Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania, PAC | $7,412 | $32 |
Republican Committee of Chester County | $6,573 | $1,643 |
NFG PAPAC National Fuel Gas | $6,493 | $93 |
Cement Masons & Plasterers Local 592, PAC | $6,240 | $2,080 |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Committee for Effective State Government, PC | $6,030 | $80 |
Comcast Corporation & NBCUniversal Political Action Committee - USA | $5,508 | $141 |
Bipartisan Political Action Committee/the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Bipac/bnymc | $5,330 | $44 |
Kennedy Democrats | $5,075 | $390 |
PHA Home, PAC | $5,000 | $5,000 |