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Top 100 political contributions made during week ending September 5
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | House Democratic Campaign Committee | $350,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | House Democratic Campaign Committee | $310,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | House Republican Campaign Committee | $275,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee | $132,775 | 09/03/2020 |
| Commonwealth Leaders Fund | Commonwealth Children's Choice Fund | $100,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Friends of Joe Torsella | Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 19 | $50,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Joel Greenberg | $50,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | Senate Republican Campaign Committee | $50,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | Crawford County Democratic Party | $45,176 | 08/31/2020 |
| Local 0066 Club, PAC | Operating Engineers Local 66 | $34,882 | 09/03/2020 |
| Wojdak for the Commonwealth, PAC | S. R. Wojdak & Associates, LP | $25,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| Wolf, PAC | Israel Roizman | $25,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | PSEA PACE | $25,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Nina for Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Seiu Cope | $25,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | Bradley Pitts | $20,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| K. C. Tomlinson for State Representative | Ibew Voluntary Fund, PAC | $20,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| PAC 205 | Marion Munley | $20,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| Wolf, PAC | Christopher Pappo | $20,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Friends of Margie Brown | Margaret Brown | $16,650 | 09/03/2020 |
| Friends of Joe Torsella | Democracy Fund | $15,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| Transportation Construction Industries, PAC | Thomas Koons | $15,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Democratic Attorneys General Association, PA | $14,676 | 09/01/2020 |
| TBB, PAC | David Bader | $11,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 1, PAC | Bac Local 1 PA/DE | $10,726 | 09/02/2020 |
| Keep Jobs in the USA | Robert Levin | $10,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| Heidelbaugh for Attorney General, Inc. | The Presidential Coalition, LLC | $10,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | Matthew Rueben Cohler | $10,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania, Inc. | Leslie Ane Miller | $10,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Committee to Elect Jim Brewster | Pennsylania Seiu Cope | $10,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | UFCW Local 23 | $10,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Amalgamated Transit Union COPE Acct Vol Fund | $10,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Committee to Elect Jim Brewster | Jay Costa for State Senate | $10,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | David L. Cohen | $10,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| GGR PAC, Inc. | Richard Gmerek | $8,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Richard Gmerek | Richard Gmerek | $8,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | Constructor's Association of Western Pennsylvania | $7,500 | 09/03/2020 |
| Pennsylvania First | Local 0019 Sheet Metal Workers Union League for Political Education | $7,500 | 09/01/2020 |
| Committee to Elect Jim Brewster | Ibew Local 5, PAC | $7,500 | 08/31/2020 |
| The Pennsylvania Blue Victory Fund | Harriet Weiss | $6,981 | 09/01/2020 |
| Cement Masons & Plasterers Local 592, PAC | Cement Masons & Plasterers Local 592 Benefit Fund | $6,789 | 08/31/2020 |
| Onward Pennsylvania | William C. Rudolph | $5,500 | 09/02/2020 |
| Onward Pennsylvania | Charles S. Perlow | $5,500 | 09/02/2020 |
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | Montgomery County Republican Committee | $5,500 | 08/31/2020 |
| Crawford County Democratic Committee | Bucks County Democratic Committee | $5,440 | 09/01/2020 |
| Pennsylvania Aggregates & Concrete Association, PAC | Anthony Depaul | $5,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| Pennsylvania Aggregates & Concrete Association, PAC | James Anderson | $5,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Robert L. Jennings | $5,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| Heidelbaugh for Attorney General, Inc. | Alliance Coal, PAC | $5,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | Pennsylvania Bankers Public Affairs Committee, PAC | $5,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| Second Generation | Asif Hussain | $5,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| Lycoming County Republican Committee | George Bierman | $5,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Lycoming County Republican Committee | Richard Cihanowyz | $5,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | Chrissy Houlahan Democrat for U. S. Congress | $5,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Malady & Wooten, PAC | Dr. Robert Capretto | $5,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP | $5,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Garrity for Pennsylvania | The Presidential Coalition, LLC | $5,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania, PAC | Daniel Hilferty | $5,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Independence Blue Cross Pennsylvania, PAC | Pasquale Deon | $5,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Pennsylvania Beer Alliance | Timothy D. Strickler | $5,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| The Pennsylvania Blue Victory Fund | Nancy Lisagor | $5,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| The Pennsylvania Blue Victory Fund | Robert Tiffany | $5,000 | 08/31/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | David W. Hawk | $5,000 | 08/30/2020 |
| Pamic, PAC | Erie, PAC | $5,000 | 08/30/2020 |
| Heidelbaugh for Attorney General, Inc. | Karen Wright | $5,000 | 08/30/2020 |
| Heidelbaugh for Attorney General, Inc. | Tom Rastin | $5,000 | 08/30/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Judith Creed | $5,000 | 08/30/2020 |
| Teamsters Local 384, PAC | D. R. I. V. E. | $4,378 | 09/02/2020 |
| Spirit of 1776 | UFCW Local 1776ks | $4,100 | 08/31/2020 |
| Transport Workers Local 234 Cope | TWU Local 234 Membership | $3,451 | 09/02/2020 |
| Crawford County Democratic Committee | Westmoreland County Democratic Committee | $3,190 | 09/02/2020 |
| Nina for Pennsylvania | Plumbers Union Local 690, PAC | $3,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| TBB, PAC | Santarsiero for State Senate | $3,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania, Inc. | Leanne C. Wagner | $3,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Crisci Associates, PAC | Crisci Associates | $3,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Republican Committee of Chester County | Mary A. Judge | $3,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Monroe Council of Republican Women | Donna E. Zlocki | $3,000 | 09/01/2020 |
| Pennsylvania Beer Alliance | Michael A. McCormick | $2,700 | 09/01/2020 |
| Friends of Joe Torsella | Pennsylvania Credit Union Association, PAC | $2,500 | 09/04/2020 |
| Nina for Pennsylvania | United Association Local 524 Steamfitters | $2,500 | 09/04/2020 |
| Friends of Tina Davis | Pennsylvania Realtors PA | $2,500 | 09/03/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | William Sautter | $2,500 | 09/03/2020 |
| Elder Vogel for Senate | Friends of David J Gabauer | $2,500 | 09/02/2020 |
| Heidelbaugh for Attorney General, Inc. | David Johnson | $2,500 | 09/02/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Marc Armstrong | $2,500 | 09/01/2020 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | Erie Insurance, PAC | $2,500 | 09/01/2020 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | Impel, PAC | $2,500 | 09/01/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Patrick Conlin | $2,500 | 09/01/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Edward Hazzouri | $2,500 | 08/31/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | John L. Silvi | $2,500 | 08/31/2020 |
| Montgomery County Democratic Committee | Michael P. Clarke Esq. | $2,500 | 08/31/2020 |
| Malcolm for Pennsylvania | Laborers' District Council, PAC | $2,500 | 08/31/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Laurence Silvi II | $2,500 | 08/31/2020 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Diane Martin | $2,500 | 08/31/2020 |
| Crawford County Democratic Committee | Bedford County Democratic Committee | $2,045 | 09/03/2020 |
| TBB, PAC | Bruce Wallace | $2,000 | 09/05/2020 |
| Friends of Joe Torsella | Insulators International Political Action Committee | $2,000 | 09/04/2020 |
| Friends of Margie Brown | Scott Brown | $2,000 | 09/03/2020 |
| TBB, PAC | Friends of Tina Davis | $2,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Elder Vogel for Senate | David E. Barensfeld | $2,000 | 09/02/2020 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | UnitedHealth Group | $2,000 | 09/01/2020 |
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