List of political action committees
This list of political action committees is organized by the nature of each particular PAC's work.
Animals
Banking, credit, finance, insurance
Banks
Credit
Finance
Insurance
Energy
In the 2010 election cycle energy related industries spent more than $9 million through PACs. The largest amount was from electric utilities (which are regulated at the federal and state levels), which spent more than $5 million through various industry committees. Oil and gas industries and refiners spent more than $2.7 million through PACs.
Alternative Energy
- American Wind Energy Association - Washington, DC
- Apollo PAC - Washington, DC - http://www.apollopac.com
- Caithness Equities PAC - New York, NY
- Growth Energy PAC - Ethanol - Washington, DC
- POET Pac - Ethanol - Sioux Falls, SD
- Solar Energy Industries Association PAC - Washington, DC
Coal
Electric
Oil and gas
Environment
Ethnic
- Asian Pacific Americans for Progress - Los Angeles, CA
- Committee for Hispanic Causes - Building Our Leadership's Diversity (CHC Bold PAC) - Washington, DC
- US-Cuba Democracy PAC - anti-Castro group - Hialeah, FL
- U.S. India PAC - Chantilly, VA
- Hispanic Unity USA - Burbank, CA
- Republican Jewish Coalition - Washington, DC
- National Action Committee (NACPAC) - Pro-Israel - Hollywood Florida
General ideology
Progressive
- Act Blue -- Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC - Cambridge, MA
- Progressive Change Campaign Committee - Washington, D.C.
- Central Valley Progressive PAC - Fresno, CA
- Progressives United - Middleton, WI
- Butler County Progressive PAC - Oxford, OH
- Progressive Allliance PAC - Cook County, IL
- Riverside County Progressive PAC - Riverside County, CA
Conservative
Liberal
Republican
Democratic
- Democratic Advancement PAC (DAPAC) - Seattle, WA
- Democrats for Education Reform - New York, NY
Other
Gun rights
Youth Rights
- Take A Stand PAC - Reinholds, PA
Health care
Hospitals, care facilities
Pharmaceutical
- Abbott Laboratories Employees PAC - Abbott Park, IL
- AmGen, Inc. PAC - Washington, DC
- Eli Lilly and Company PAC - Indianapolis, IN
- GlaxoSmithKline PAC - Residential Triangle Park, NC
- Johnson & Johnson PAC (JJPAC) - New Brunswick, NJ
- MerckPAC - Washington, DC
- National Community Pharmacists Association PAC - Alexandria, Va.
- Pfizer Inc. PAC (PfizerPAC) - New York, NY
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Better Government Committee (PhRMA) - Washington, DC
Providers
- American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons PAC (The Orthopaedic PAC) - Washington, DC
- American College of Radiology PAC (RadPAC) - Reston, VA
- American Dental Association PAC (ADPAC) - Washington, DC
- American Medical Association PAC (AmPAC) - Washington, DC
- American Naprapathic Association PAC (ANAPAC) - Chicago, IL
- American Optometric Association PAC (AOA PAC) - Alexandria, VA
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist PAC (CRNA-PAC) - Washington, DC
- American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC (ASAPAC) - Park Ridge, IL
- National Emergency Medicine PAC (NEMPAC) - Irving, TX
- American Physical Therapy Association PAC (PT-PAC) - Alexandria, VA
Industry
Accounting
Aerospace
Agribusiness
- American Crystal Sugar Company PAC - Moorhead, MN
- American Quarter Horse Association Q-PAC - Amarillo, TX
- American Veterinary Medical Association PAC - Washington, DC
- California Dairies Federal Political Action Committee - Turlock, CA
- Dean Foods Company PAC - Dallas, TX
- Deere & Company PAC (John Deere PAC) - Moline, IL
- Farm Credit Council PAC - Washington, DC
- Monsanto Company Citizenship Fund PAC - St. Louis, MO
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association PAC (NCBA-PAC) - Centennial, CO
- National Chicken Council PAC - Washington, DC
- National Cotton Council Committee for the Advancement of Cotton - Cordova, TN
- National Pork Producers Council PAC (PORK PAC) - Des Moines, IA
- Syngenta Corporation Employee PAC (Syngenta PAC) - Washington, DC
- Tyson Foods PAC (TYPAC) - Springdale, AR
- United Egg Producers PAC (Egg PAC) - Alpharetta, GA
Alcoholic Beverages
Entertainment
Food and beverage
- American Meat Institute PAC - Washington, DC
- American Beverage Association PAC - Washington, DC
- Coca-Cola Company Non-Partisan Committee on Good Government - Atlanta, GA
- ConAgra Foods Good Government Committee - Omaha NE
- Flowers Foods Industries PAC - Thomasville, GA
- Food Marketing Institute PAC (FOODPAC) (FOODPACE) - Arlington, VA
- General Mills PAC - Minneapolis, MN
- Kraft Foods PAC (KRAFTPAC) - Washington, DC
- McDonald's Corporation PAC - Oak Brook, IL
- National Restaurant Association PAC (NRA-PAC) - Washington, DC
- OSI Restaurant Partners PAC - Tampa, FL
- PepsiCo Concerned Citizens Fund - Purchase, NY
- Taco Political Action Committee (TACO PAC) - Shawnee Mission, KS
- Wendy's/Arby's Group PAC - Dublin, OH
Information technology
Legal
Manufacturing
Marijuana
Natural resources
Real estate
Retailers
Tobacco
Labor
Leadership
House leaders
House members
- John Conyers - America Forward PAC - Washington, DC
- Joseph Crowley - Jobs, Opportunity & Education PAC (JoePAC) - Elmhurst, NY
- John Dingell - Wolverine PAC - Washington, DC
- Bob Filner - San Diego PAC - San Diego, Ca
- Darrell Issa - Invest in a Safe & Secure America PAC (IssaPAC) - Vista, CA
- Kevin McCarthy - Majority Committee PAC (MC PAC) - Bakersfield, CA
- Frank Pallone - SHORE PAC - Long Branch, NJ
- Ron Paul - Liberty PAC - Lake Jackson, Tx
- Nick Rahall - 3T PAC - Beckley, WV
- Charles Rangel - National Leadership PAC - New York, NY
- Pete Sessions - People for Enterprise, Trade and Economic Growth - Alexandria, VA
- Bennie G. Thompson - Secure PAC - Bolton, MS
- Chris Van Hollen - Victory Now PAC - Kensington, MD
- Nydia M. Velazquez - Progress PAC - Gaithersburg, Md
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz - Democrats Win Seats - Weston, FL
- Henry Waxman - LA Pac - Los Angeles, Ca
Senate leaders
Senators
- Max Baucus - Glacier PAC - Missoula, MT
- Roy Blunt - Rely on Your Beliefs Fund - Washington, DC
- Barbara Boxer - PAC for a Change - Los Angeles, CA
- Sherrod Brown - America Works - Washington, DC
- Kent Conrad - DAKPAC - Washington, DC
- Dianne Feinstein - Fund for the Majority - Burbank, CA
- Chuck Grassley - Hawkeye PAC - Des moines, IA
- Tom Harkin - To Organize a Majority PAC (TomPAC) - Des Moines, IA
- Daniel Inouye - DANPAC - Honolulu, HI
- John Kerry - Campaign for Our Country - Washington, DC
- Amy Klobuchar - Follow the North Star Fund - Minneapolis, MN
- Mary Landrieu - Jazz PAC - Washington, DC
- Patrick Leahy - Green Mountain PAC - Montpelier, VT
- Joe Lieberman - Reuniting Our Country - Washington, DC
- Robert Menendez - New Millennium PAC - Union City, NJ
- John McCain - Country First PAC - Alexandria, VA
- Mark Pryor - Priority PAC - Little Rock, AR
- Charles Schumer - Impact - New York, NY
- John Thune - Heartland Values PAC - Sioux Falls, SD
- Mark R. Warner - Forward Together PAC - Alexandria, VA
State and local officials
Former elected and public officials
- Robert F. Benett - SNOWPAC - Salt Lake City, UT
- Hillary Rodham Clinton - HILLPAC - Washington, DC
- Chris Dodd - Citizens for Hope, Responsibility, Independence & Service (Chris PAC) - Washington, DC
- Byron Dorgan - Great Plains Leadership Fund - Washington, DC
- Newt Gingrich - American Solutions PAC - Alexandria, VA
- Mike Huckabee - Huck PAC - Little Rock, AR
- Jon Huntsman - HorizonPac/H-PAC - Washington, DC
- Blanche Lincoln - Leadership in the New Century (LINC PAC) - Little Rock, AR
- David R. Obey - Committee for a Progressive Congress - Washington, DC
- Sarah Palin - SarahPAC - Arlington, VA
- Tim Pawlenty - Freedom First - St. Paul, MN
- Mitt Romney - Free & Strong America PAC - Lexington, MA
- Rick Santorum - America's Foundation PAC - Downingtown, PA
- Ike Skelton The Show-Me Fund - Blue Bell, PA
- John M. Spratt, Jr. - Palmetto PAC - Bethesda, MD
Religious
- Godless Americans PAC (GAMPAC) - see American Atheists
- 613PAC - Orthodox Jewish Political Action Committee
Family, sexuality, gender, and abortion
Children's issues
- KIDS Pac - Belmont, Ma
- Children's Campaign Fund - Seattle, WA
Gay and lesbian
Pro-choice
Pro-life
- Life & Liberty PAC - Reston, VA
- National Pro-Life Alliance PAC - Annandale, VA
- Susan B. Anthony List - Arlington, VA
Women's issues
Youth issues
- Take A Stand PAC - Shillington, PA
Transportation
Air
Freight rail
Road
- National Limousine Association PAC (NLA) - Marlton, NJ
- Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association PAC (TLPA) - Rockville, MD
Construction
Foreign affairs
- NORPAC
- VoteVets.org - veterans group whose main goal is "to put Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans in Congress who are critical of the execution of the war in Iraq.
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