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Committees receiving the most contributions during week ending February 22
Committee | Amount | Average contribution amount |
---|---|---|
AFT-Pennsylvania | $200,000 | $100,000 |
The Boeing Company Political Action Committee | $118,286 | $41 |
Operators for Skill, PAC | $104,000 | $3,714 |
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers | $93,336 | $1,197 |
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, PAC | $88,186 | $93 |
Comcast Corporation & NBCUniversal Political Action Committee - USA | $83,500 | $9,278 |
Friends of Harold M. Hayes | $75,064 | $5,774 |
Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | $61,379 | $1,534 |
Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $59,332 | $8,476 |
Committee for a Better Tomorrow | $53,334 | $17,778 |
Pennsylvania Insurance, PAC | $50,000 | $25,000 |
Democratic Attorneys General Association - Pennsylvania | $46,510 | $2,907 |
Friends of Farnese | $43,810 | $996 |
Shapiro for Pennsylvania | $41,946 | $1,498 |
Friends of Mimi | $41,750 | $3,479 |
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee | $37,662 | $107 |
FirstEnergy Corporation Political Action Committee | $36,988 | $63 |
Wolf, PAC | $29,670 | $2,967 |
Build Pennsylvania, PAC | $28,500 | $4,750 |
Friends of Tim Bonner | $25,584 | $1,505 |
Friends of Nicole Ziccarelli | $25,300 | $5,060 |
Friends of Greg Rothman | $25,150 | $12,575 |
Pennsylvania Stand Up State, PAC | $25,000 | $25,000 |
Enterprise Holdings Political Action Committee, Inc. | $24,782 | $170 |
Nina for Pennsylvania | $24,450 | $4,890 |
George Scott for Pennsylvania 15 | $23,471 | $398 |
Johnson & Johnson Political Action Committee | $20,155 | $29 |
Commonwealth Children's Choice Fund | $20,000 | $20,000 |
DGA Victory Fund | $19,758 | $3,293 |
Friends of Tom Mehaffie | $19,700 | $1,231 |
Local 0066 Club, PAC | $18,382 | $18,382 |
Friends of Summer Lee | $17,010 | $159 |
Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers Local 1, PAC | $16,858 | $16,858 |
Turn Pennsylvania Blue | $16,839 | $225 |
Friends of Pam Iovino | $15,500 | $470 |
Highmark of Highmark Inc. , PAC | $15,260 | $63 |
Friends of Todd Stephens, Inc. | $14,800 | $290 |
Philadelphia Democratic Campaign Committee of Philadelphia | $14,800 | $2,960 |
Represent, PAC | $14,457 | $482 |
Friends of Jake Corman | $12,250 | $3,063 |
Friends of Sharif Street | $12,000 | $4,000 |
Pennsylvania Apartment Association | $11,205 | $2,241 |
Good Jobs Pennsylvania, PAC | $11,000 | $3,667 |
Delaware County Republican Finance Committee 7900243 | $10,906 | $779 |
Committee to Elect Harlan Shober | $10,719 | $10,719 |
Benninghoff for Representative | $10,594 | $1,513 |
Mid-Atlantic Laborers' Political League | $10,169 | $3,390 |
TBB, PAC | $10,000 | $10,000 |
Friends of Doug Mastriano | $10,000 | $10,000 |
Erie Management Group Pac, LLC | $10,000 | $10,000 |