Top 50 PACs
The Federal Election Committee outlines the top 50 federally
registered political action committees (PACs) by contributions given to
candidates from 2005 to 2006.The top 10 are listed below.
Political Action Committees (PAC) are organized for the purpose of raising
and spending money to elect and defeat candidates. To learn more about PACs,
check out this great explanation from OpenSecrets.org.
| 1. |
AMERICA COMING TOGETHER |
$9,345,224 |
| 2. |
EMILY'S LIST |
$7,782,580 |
| 3. |
GAY AND LESBIAN VICTORY FUND |
$1,700,991 |
| 4. |
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA |
$1,373,631 |
| 5. |
21ST CENTURY DEMOCRATS |
$925,736 |
| 6. |
ONE AMERICA COMMITTEE |
$627,865 |
| 7. |
MASON TENDERS DISTRICT COUNCIL OF GREATER NEW YORK |
$460,636 |
| 8. |
THE WISH LIST |
$419,526 |
| 9. |
NEW YORK STATE LABORERS |
$418,276 |
| 10. |
PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY |
$360,354 |
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