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 committees ranked by total contributions (August)
| Rank | Committee | Amount | Median contribution amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $1,320,834 | $27,825 |
| 2 | Shapiro for Pennsylvania | $948,537 | $100 |
| 3 | Students First, PAC | $650,000 | $650,000 |
| 4 | DGA Victory Fund | $577,572 | $4,000 |
| 5 | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 Committee on Political Education | $479,165 | $178 |
| 6 | Flippable - Pennsylvania Victory Fund | $438,835 | $100 |
| 7 | Future Now Fund - Pennsylvania | $391,350 | $2,500 |
| 8 | Heidelbaugh for Attorney General, Inc. | $329,264 | $200 |
| 9 | End Citizens United Non-Federal Pennsylvania | $311,529 | $11 |
| 10 | Build Pennsylvania, PAC | $299,000 | $5,000 |
| 11 | Keystone, PAC | $250,000 | $250,000 |
| 12 | Wolf, PAC | $242,575 | $22,500 |
| 13 | Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | $239,610 | $5,250 |
| 14 | Bucks County Republican Committee | $203,190 | $10,720 |
| 15 | Committee to Elect Jim Brewster | $189,544 | $1,000 |
| 16 | Friends of Joe Torsella | $141,160 | $2,500 |
| 17 | Pennsylvania Automotive Association Political Action Committee | $139,250 | $1,000 |
| 18 | Crawford County Democratic Committee | $121,904 | $398 |
| 19 | The Pennsylvania Blue Victory Fund | $117,446 | $250 |
| 20 | Mid-Atlantic Laborers' Political League | $116,756 | $11,250 |
| 21 | Committee for a Better Tomorrow | $115,965 | $98 |
| 22 | Marathon Petroleum Corporation Employees Political Action Committee | $101,925 | $12 |
| 23 | Pennsylvania Future Fund | $100,000 | $5,000 |
| 24 | Friends of Scott Martin | $95,362 | $175 |
| 25 | Psea-Pace for State Elections | $89,748 | $52 |
| 26 | Local 0066 Club, PAC | $86,253 | $20,369 |
| 27 | International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers | $81,194 | $20 |
| 28 | FirstEnergy Corporation Political Action Committee | $76,628 | $50 |
| 29 | Comcast Corporation & NBCUniversal Political Action Committee - USA | $70,814 | $96 |
| 30 | Nina for Pennsylvania | $70,355 | $100 |
| 31 | United Steelworkers Political Action Fund | $62,682 | $13 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania SEIU Cope | $61,948 | $261 |
| 33 | Kennedy Democrats | $59,480 | $100 |
| 34 | Pennsylvania First | $59,150 | $1,000 |
| 35 | Merck & Company, Employees Political Action Committee, Inc. | $58,318 | $20 |
| 36 | New Foundation, PAC | $55,000 | $55,000 |
| 37 | Mcnees, PAC | $54,646 | $967 |
| 38 | AFSCME Council 13 | $53,221 | $20 |
| 39 | Friends of Joe Pittman | $52,625 | $500 |
| 40 | Friends of Devlin Robinson | $51,125 | $200 |
| 41 | Win Pennsylvania, PAC | $50,000 | $50,000 |
| 42 | Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania, PAC | $44,913 | $25 |
| 43 | NiSource PAC, Inc. | $44,581 | $55 |
| 44 | Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | $44,500 | $750 |
| 45 | Zeneca Political Action Committee, Inc. | $40,662 | $10 |
| 46 | Political Information Committee of CPAs | $39,150 | $75 |
| 47 | Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 1, PAC | $35,615 | $4,499 |
| 48 | Springfield Republican Party | $35,600 | $400 |
| 49 | Northeast Leadership Fund | $35,200 | $1,000 |
| 50 | Republican Committee of Chester County | $31,565 | $625 |
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