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.
Top 100 political contributions made during week ending December 18
Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
---|---|---|---|
Pennsylvania Democratic Party | Eric Schmidt | $300,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Laborers District Council, PAC | $125,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Western Pennsylvania Laborers, PAC | $125,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Friends of Greg Rothman | Greg Rothman | $100,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Pat Stryker | $100,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Friends of Joe Kerwin | Joseph D. Kerwin | $100,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Friends of Austin Davis | Western Pennsylvania Laborers 2019, PAC | $50,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Build Pennsylvania, PAC | Vahan H. Gureghian | $50,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Corman for Governor | Paul J. Martino | $50,000 | 12/14/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Wojdak for the Commonwealth | $40,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Friends of Austin Davis | Friends of Rich Fitzgerald | $25,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Lucas Piatt | $25,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee | Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee | $25,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Friends of Dave White | Paul Martino | $25,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Education Opportunity, PAC | Edward H. Hanway | $25,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Local 0449 Steamfitters Union, PAC | $20,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Corman for Governor | G. Martin Lane Jr. | $20,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Local 0066 Club, PAC | International Union of Operating Engineers | $18,276 | 12/16/2021 |
CEASEFIRE Pennsylvania | Nancy Bernstein | $15,000 | 12/14/2021 |
Friends of Kim Ward | Pennsylvania Association of Nurse Anesthetists PAC | $15,000 | 12/14/2021 |
George Scott for Pennsylvania 15 | David White | $15,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Friends of Bryan Cutler | Pennsylvania Bankers Public Affairs Committee | $12,500 | 12/18/2021 |
Lou Barletta for Governor | Neal A. Deangelo | $10,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Pennsylvania Bankers Public Affairs Committee | PNC Bank, National Association | $10,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Lindsey Williams for Pennsylvania | Local 66 Club, PAC | $10,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Thomas Reid | $10,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Bucks County Democratic Committee | Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 19 | $10,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee | Friends of Carolyn Comitta | $10,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Friends of Kim Ward | Orthopac | $10,000 | 12/14/2021 |
Pennsylvania Bankers Public Affairs Committee | First Commonwealth Financial Corporation | $7,500 | 12/16/2021 |
Dauphin County Republican Committee | Friends of Haste & Pries | $6,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Versant Strategies, PAC | $5,392 | 12/13/2021 |
Friends of Tarik Khan | Tarik Khan | $5,000 | 12/18/2021 |
Committee to Elect Wayne Fontana | Citizens for Hughes | $5,000 | 12/18/2021 |
Silvis for Pennsylvania | Citizens for Kail | $5,000 | 12/18/2021 |
George Scott for Pennsylvania 15 | Friends of Scott Martin | $5,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Corman for Governor | Greater Johnstown Regional, PAC | $5,000 | 12/17/2021 |
MariaforPA | Pennsylvania State Education Association PACE | $5,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Friends of Ken Lawrence | Tornetta Ftw | $5,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Lindsey Williams for Pennsylvania | PFT Political Action Fund, IDA | $5,000 | 12/17/2021 |
George Scott for Pennsylvania 15 | Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, LLP | $5,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Lindsey Williams for Pennsylvania | Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters, PAC | $5,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Lou Barletta for Governor | Sean Shamany | $5,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Lindsey Williams for Pennsylvania | IBEW Local 5 | $5,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Friends of Kim Ward | Penn National Gaming, PAC | $5,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Leanne for Pennsylvania | AFT Pennsylvania | $5,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Judge Brobson for Supreme Court | Charles Kannebecker | $5,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Friends of Astorino Anita Kulik | Local 0449 Steamfitters Union, PAC | $5,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Friends of Astorino Anita Kulik | Western Pennsylvania Laborers 2019, PAC | $5,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Friends of Kim Ward | Ballard Spahr, LLP | $5,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Friends of Kristin Phillips-Hill | Scott R. Wagner | $5,000 | 12/14/2021 |
McSwain for Governor | Matthew Taylor | $5,000 | 12/14/2021 |
Lindsey Williams for Pennsylvania | Insulators International Political Action Committee | $5,000 | 12/14/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | 1776, PAC | $5,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Pennsylvania Future Fund | Commonwealth Heritage, PAC | $5,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Judge Brobson for Supreme Court | Pennsylvania Future Fund | $5,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Garrity for Pennsylvania | Local 66 Club, PAC | $5,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Republican Committee of Chester County | Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP | $5,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Friends of Scott Martin | David Anderson | $5,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee | Friends to Elect Christine M. Tartaglione | $5,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Pennsylvanians for Tomorrow | Pennsylvania Future Fund | $4,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Local 0009 Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Pennsylvania, PAC | Bricklayers Combined Funds of Western PAC, PA | $3,894 | 12/13/2021 |
Pennsylvania Automotive Association Political Action Committee | Gary D. Daniels | $3,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Transport Workers Union Local 234 | TWU Local 234 Membership C/o Septa | $3,442 | 12/15/2021 |
Friends for Donna Oberlander | United Healthcare | $3,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Operators for Skill, PAC | Alan T. Rosenberg | $3,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Guy For Governor | Stephen Aichele | $2,599 | 12/16/2021 |
Friends of Kyle Mullins | Carpenters Legislative Program of Greater Pennsylvania | $2,500 | 12/17/2021 |
Judge Brobson for Supreme Court | Vahan H Gureghian | $2,500 | 12/17/2021 |
Friends of Scott Martin | Matthew Kirk | $2,500 | 12/17/2021 |
Lindsey Williams for Pennsylvania | Steamfitters Local 449 | $2,500 | 12/16/2021 |
Leanne for Pennsylvania | Pasnap, PAC | $2,500 | 12/16/2021 |
Friends of Kim Ward | Red River Canyon Committee | $2,500 | 12/15/2021 |
Mike Regan for Senate | Milliron & Goodman, PAC | $2,500 | 12/15/2021 |
Friends of Joe Ciresi | Richard Lewis | $2,500 | 12/14/2021 |
Friends of Gwendolyn Stoltz | Scott Wallace | $2,500 | 12/14/2021 |
Garrity for Pennsylvania | David Barensfeld | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | AFSCME Council 13 Pol & Leg Acct | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Friends of Wendi Thomas | Daniel Wheeler | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Garrity for Pennsylvania | FNB Corporation, PAC | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Value Drug Company, PAC | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Pard Phil, PAC | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Pharmpac | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Garrity for Pennsylvania | Paul Gitnik | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Garrity for Pennsylvania | Steamfitters Local Union 449, PAC | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
MariaforPA | Michael P. Clarke | $2,500 | 12/13/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Sam Schwartz | $2,000 | 12/18/2021 |
The Tyme Is Now | Evan Husted | $2,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Disanto for Senate | Unitedhealth Group Pac, Inc. | $2,000 | 12/17/2021 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Charles Herrin | $2,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Jamie for West Philly | Mark Mills | $2,000 | 12/16/2021 |
Friends of Bruce Kraus | Lawrence N. Gumberg | $2,000 | 12/15/2021 |
Garrity for Pennsylvania | Nicholas D. Varischetti | $2,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Geisinger Health Inc., PAC | Dominic Moffa | $2,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Garrity for Pennsylvania | Sophia Geanopulos | $2,000 | 12/13/2021 |
Friends of Doug Mastriano | Wayne Myers | $2,000 | 12/12/2021 |
Local 0524 United Association Steamfitters | Miscellaneous Unitemized Contributions | $1,926 | 12/13/2021 |
Geisinger Health Inc., PAC | Matthew Walsh | $1,750 | 12/13/2021 |
Lebanon County Republican Committee | Michael S. Long | $1,585 | 12/15/2021 |
Friends of Bryan Cutler | NiSource PAC, Inc. | $1,500 | 12/18/2021 |