Political action committee contributions to congressional candidates

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

## See also[edit]

* Campaign finance
* Political action committee
* Super PAC

## External links[edit]

* Campaign Finance Institute

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 OpenSecrets.org, "What is a PAC?" accessed September 24, 2015
2. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Political action committee data summary tables: PAC Contributions," accessed May 27, 2025

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