In Pennsylvania politics, state-level candidates and political action committees have received $1.2 billion in total contributions between Jan. 1, 2021, and Dec. 31, 2022. The 10 largest contributors gave more than $45.7 million, or 4 percent of all contributions. These are the top 10 individual contributors to Pennsylvania state-level candidates and committees in the 2022 …
Political Profile
Pennsylvania Government:
Governor: John Shapiro (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Austin Davis (D)
Attorney General: Michelle Henry (R)
State Treasurer: Stacy Garrity (R)
State Auditor General: Timothy DeFoor (R)
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Campaign Finance Snapshot
Top Candidates
Candidate | Total Contributions |
|---|---|
| Tom Wolf | $30,785,455.36 |
| Scott R Wagner | $19,041,786.46 |
| Paul David Mango | $9,457,837.07 |
| Mike Turzai | $3,536,406.48 |
| Mike Kelly | $2,603,278.04 |
| Jeffrey A Bartos | $2,559,820.61 |
| Joe B Scarnati III | $2,212,915.84 |
| Rich Fitzgerald | $2,083,207.40 |
| Thomas McGarrigle | $1,758,107.44 |
| Jeremy Shaffer | $1,716,001.82 |
Top Committees
Committee | Total Contributions |
|---|---|
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 Committee on Political Education | $12,763,585.40 |
| American Federation of Teachers, Alf-Cio Cope (Aft/cope) | $11,408,437.08 |
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | $11,375,386.77 |
| PA Democratic Party | $11,265,963.66 |
| Environment America Action Fund | $9,942,471.20 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | $9,200,410.13 |
| RGA Pennsylvania 2018 PAC | $8,314,247.08 |
| Honeywell Intl PAC | $8,121,132.02 |
| DGA Victory Fund | $7,709,496.45 |
| International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC | $7,573,480.82 |
Top Contributors
Contributor | Contributions |
|---|---|
| Aggregated Unitemized Contributions | $55,663,216.11 |
| Federal PAC Contributions | $18,149,072.06 |
| Paul David Mango | $7,325,305.00 |
| Lump Sum of All Contributors | $6,944,691.97 |
| Republican Party of Pennsylvania | $6,605,631.95 |
| Scott R Wagner | $6,501,015.45 |
| Environment America Inc | $5,040,000.00 |
| Service Employees International Union Cope SEIU Federal | $4,952,564.47 |
| Jeffrey Yass | $3,197,000.00 |
| American Federation of State Council and Municipal Employees Afscme Federal | $2,756,016.71 |
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