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: Josh Shapiro (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Austin Davis (D)
Attorney General: Dave Sunday (R)
State Treasurer: Stacy Garrity (R)
State Auditor General: Timothy DeFoor (R)
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Campaign Finance Snapshot
Top Candidates
Candidate | Total Contributions |
|---|---|
| Josh Shapiro | $98,816,808.24 |
| Tom Wolf | $35,535,009.07 |
| Scott R Wagner | $26,750,250.28 |
| Bill McSwain | $17,218,231.14 |
| Dave Sunday | $12,561,642.12 |
| Paul David Mango | $9,449,976.39 |
| Vincent Hughes | $9,293,677.60 |
| Doug Mastriano | $8,641,502.01 |
| Dave White | $8,211,040.72 |
| Kim Ward | $7,551,896.82 |
Top Committees
Committee | Total Contributions |
|---|---|
| Dnc Services Corp /Democratic National Committee | $180,228,425.26 |
| Dscc | $135,737,092.99 |
| Students First PAC | $77,963,525.00 |
| Commonwealth Children's Choice Fund | $74,055,092.84 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | $67,335,584.91 |
| PA Democratic Party | $65,618,663.88 |
| Commonwealth Leaders Fund | $59,964,923.55 |
| American Federation of Teachers, Afl-Cio Cope (Aft/cope) | $50,154,478.05 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | $46,522,136.23 |
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | $38,546,454.72 |
Top Contributors
Contributor | Contributions |
|---|---|
| Aggregated Unitemized Contributions | $425,650,712.08 |
| Democratic National Committee Federal | $181,248,425.26 |
| Jeffrey Yass | $77,632,000.00 |
| Federal PAC Contributions | $49,571,933.22 |
| Total Other Contributions | $32,410,732.26 |
| Republican State Leadership Committee Federal | $25,122,268.10 |
| Republican Party of Pennsylvania | $21,435,939.83 |
| Non Pennsylvania Activity | $18,749,703.49 |
| Service Employees International Union Cope SEIU Federal | $17,335,379.88 |
| Scott R Wagner | $14,787,774.32 |
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