Top 150 Michigan State Political Action Committees, 2014 Election Cycle

Funds Raised, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53

Committee
1

RGA Michigan PAC

House Republican Campaign Committee
MI House Democratic Fund
Turnaround Detroit (SuperPAC) (support Mike Duggan)
United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Michigan for All (SuperPAC)
Workers Voice (SuperPAC)
NEA Advocacy Fund (SuperPAC)
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC
MI Senate Democratic Fund
A.F.S.C.M.E. for MI (SuperPAC)
NextGen Climate Action MI (SuperPAC)
SEIU Community Alliance MI (SuperPAC)
MI Assn for Justice / Justice PAC
MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC
Hardworking Americans (SuperPAC)
MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC
MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC
MI Assn of Realtors (SuperPAC)
MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC
Am. Federation of Teachers Solidarity 527 (SuperPAC)
Progressive Kick Michigan (SuperPAC)
MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC
Natl Nurses Unted for Patient Protection (SuperPAC)
Humane Society MI Legis Fund (SuperPAC)
DTE Energy Co. PAC
Comerica Inc. PAC
Michigan Chamber PAC III (SuperPAC)
United Steelworkers Works (SuperPAC)
Conservation Voters Of Michigan (SuperPAC)
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC II (SuperPAC)
Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC 2
Moving Michigan Forward Fund (Arlan Meekhof)
Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW COPE
MI Chamber of Commerce PAC
Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos Family)
Detroit Forward (SuperPAC) (support Benny Napoleon)
MI Planned Parenthood Votes (SuperPAC)
America Votes MI Action Fund (SuperPAC)
MI Laborers Political League
MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI Bank PAC
Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC
Progress Michigan (SuperPAC)
MI Credit Union League Action Fund
(Tim) Greimel for Michigan
Detroit Auto Dealers / DAD PAC 3
Turn Around Wayne County (SuperPAC) (support Warren Evans)
MI Farm Bureau PAC / AGRI PAC
CMS Energy Employees for Better Government
Quicken Loans PAC MI
MI Pipe Trades Association (SuperPAC)
Policy Over Party (SuperPAC) (Intl Operating Engineers Union)

Source: Michigan Bureau of Elections

SuperPACs in bold type

1/1/13-12/31/14
$

Michigan Campaign Finance Network

1/1/11-12/31/12

% change

4,688,934
3,963,641
3,296,441
3,166,770
2,938,000
2,587,615
2,091,403
1,500,052
1,212,450
1,176,542
1,166,753
1,156,500
1,055,000
1,052,401
986,707
985,184
954,026
883,257
860,532
843,105
828,812
764,352
740,000
714,347
713,700
708,541
698,411
624,945
594,675
590,465
556,280
535,000

n/a
2,885,005
2,288,676
n/a
758,511
1,630,824
n/a
3,358
75,000
1,155,774
534,248
n/a
n/a
n/a
1,560,921
1,484,700
n/a
745,234
757,556
419,000
958,544
n/a
n/a
626,957
n/a
n/a
606,708
536,751
419,281
n/a
197,665
796,250

n/a
37.4%
44.0%
n/a
287.3%
58.7%
n/a
44569.5%
1516.6%
1.8%
118.4%
n/a
n/a
n/a
-36.8%
-33.6%
n/a
18.5%
13.6%
101.2%
-13.5%
n/a
n/a
13.9%
n/a
n/a
15.1%
16.4%
41.8%
n/a
181.4%
-32.8%

531,325
530,093
526,169
523,682
479,320
472,400
451,727
451,000
445,050
431,299
415,005
407,000
374,913
354,433

374,224
199,629
260,548
427,963
500,000
n/a
n/a
229,938
272,657
350,942
371,325
n/a
342,327
41,150

42.0%
165.5%
101.9%
22.4%
-4.1%
n/a
n/a
96.1%
63.2%
22.9%
11.8%
n/a
9.5%
761.3%

343,000
340,150
336,027
335,696
324,500
310,527
300,000

268,500
n/a
315,659
339,303
204,250
n/a
n/a

27.7%
n/a
6.5%
-1.1%
58.9%
n/a
n/a

Top 150 Michigan State Political Action Committees, 2014 Election Cycle
Funds Raised, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Rank
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107

Committee
Iowa Democratic Party
Miller Canfield PAC
Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC
Business Leaders for Michigan PAC
AFSCME P.E.O.P.L.E.
Anthony Marrocco Victory PAC
Compete Michigan PAC (Mike Shirkey)
(Al) Pscholka Results PAC
(Jase) Bolger Restore Michigan Fund
Meijer PAC
Moving Michigan Forward Fund II (Arlan Meekhof)
(Jim) Ananich Future Fund
Working America MI (SuperPAC) (UAW)
Police Officers Assn of MI Legislative Fund
MI Auto Dealers Assn. / MAD PAC
ACTBLUE Michigan
MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC
Ford Motor Civic Action Fund
(Randy) Richardville Leadership Fund
Michigan Freedom Network
MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC / MAHP PAC
MI Restaurant Assn. PAC
SEIU Healthcare Local 79
United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union (SuperPAC)
MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC
Right to Life of MI PAC
MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC
(Lisa) Posthumus Lyons Leadership Fund
Red and Blue PAC
Delta Dental PAC
ITC Holdings Corp. PAC-MI
MHSA PAC
AT&T Michigan PAC
Vision for Victory (Kevin Cotter)
Detroit Regional Chamber PAC
(Aric) Nesbitt Majority Fund
EPEC Intl Union of Operating Engineers (SuperPAC)
COMM-PAC
Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC
Macomb Leadership PAC (Mark Hackel)
Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC
General Motors Corp. PAC - MI
Michigan Jobs Fund (Roger Kahn)
Powering the Econmy (SuperPAC) (Detroit Regional Chamber)
Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life)
Bernstein Family PAC
Democratic Governors Assn - MI PAC
Michigan Deserves Better (SuperPAC)
MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC
Axcess Financial Services, Inc PAC 3
Dykema Gossett State PAC
Rebekah Warren Leadership Fund
MI Chiropractic Soc. / Chiro PAC
Communications Workers Of America MI Action Comm

Source: Michigan Bureau of Elections

SuperPACs in bold type

1/1/13-12/31/14
299,100
295,000
272,250
271,450
270,968
270,649
269,011
251,390
248,111
238,093
236,051
235,902
231,883
229,730
229,715
228,952
220,527
215,519
211,975
211,725
207,251
204,150
200,355
198,014
197,100
186,150
183,117
182,945
180,490
173,728
172,465
170,000
167,175
163,300
156,271
152,403
151,439
149,800
148,382
142,925
142,754
142,380
142,282
141,535
140,083
140,000
137,500
135,100
134,673

1/1/11-12/31/12
n/a
420,031
376,046
287,750
252,628
32,262
n/a
1,950
493,300
343,172
n/a
53,288
10,444
177,526
236,565
122,850
217,548
189,088
495,177
n/a
196,604
190,262
298,310
n/a
192,145
225,704
180,707
70,366
115,611
150,761
148,000
191,573
24,525
92,963
6,850
n/a
217,750
132,053
58,050
140,277
19,175
207,177
n/a
91,497
25,970
n/a
n/a
171,484

% change
n/a
-29.8%
-27.6%
-5.7%
7.3%
738.9%
n/a
12791.8%
-49.7%
-30.6%
n/a
342.7%
2120.3%
29.4%
-2.9%
86.4%
1.4%
14.0%
-57.2%
n/a
5.4%
7.3%
-32.8%
n/a
2.6%
-17.5%
1.3%
160.0%
n/a
50.3%
14.4%
14.9%
-12.7%
565.9%
68.1%
2124.9%
n/a
-31.2%
12.4%
146.2%
1.8%
642.5%
-31.3%
n/a
53.1%
439.1%
n/a
n/a
-21.5%

134,420
134,102
130,454
129,622
129,350

n/a
110,001
n/a
125,345
8,800

n/a
21.9%
n/a
3.4%
1369.9%

Michigan Campaign Finance Network

Top 150 Michigan State Political Action Committees, 2014 Election Cycle
Funds Raised, 1/1/2013 - 12/31/2014
Rank
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150

Committee
Michigan List
MI Assn. of Insurance Agents / Agent PAC
Clark Hill PAC
Registrars Local 58 Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
SF Properties LLC PAC (Schostak Family PAC)
Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 333 PAC
Pipefitters Local 636 PAC
(Jim) Ananich Senate Majority Fund
MI Assn. of Nurse Anesthetists PAC
U.P. Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 506
MI Insurance Coalition PAC
(Mike) Kowall Majority Fund
(Brandon) Dillon Majority Fund
Value for Michigan (John Moolenaar)
Assoc. Builders and Contractors of MI / ABC PAC
MI Petroleum Jobbers PAC
Independent Voters PAC (Anthony Marrocco)
County Road Assn. of MI / CRAM-RUSH PAC
Planned Parenthood Advocates of MI
MI State Medical Society / MI Doctors PAC
Frankenmuth PAC
Spotlight Michigan (Frank Foster)
(Sam) Singh for Michigan
Black Slate Inc.
Republican State Leadership Comm MI PAC
Centerpoint PAC (Raleigh Studios)
MI Assn of Health Plans (SuperPAC)
Int'l. Union of Painters & Allied Trades
Dow Corning Corp Legislative Action Team
Rizzo Environmental Services PAC
College Republican National Committee (SuperPAC)
Macomb Crimefighters PAC
Small Business Assn of MI PAC II (SuperPAC)
(Michael) Callton Action Fund
(Gretchen) Whitmer Leadership Fund
21st Century Club
Outdoors Michigan PAC
Waste Management PAC
MI Osteopathic PAC
Common Sense Leadership Fund (John Walsh)
MI State Utility Workers Council PAC
MI Optometric Assn PAC
Warner Norcross & Judd PAC / WNJ PAC
Total
1

$4.2 million returned to Republican Governors Assn

All contributions from MAD PAC and DAD PAC

February 2015 report unavailable

Source: Michigan Bureau of Elections

SuperPACs in bold type

1/1/13-12/31/14
129,283
127,314
126,500
124,969
123,450
121,995
120,606
119,664
119,080
118,938
118,238
117,850
117,815
114,553
111,370
111,315
111,300
108,657
106,271
105,780
103,936
103,750
103,258
101,695
101,353
100,000
99,449
95,717
94,927
94,875
93,792
93,045
89,326
88,463
82,959
82,950
82,940
81,049
79,364
78,855
78,070
77,428
75,000
$
68,095,019

Michigan Campaign Finance Network

1/1/11-12/31/12
36,957
122,789
131,000
101,770
170,000
118,284
120,394
n/a
113,214
10,589
90,419
n/a
51,561
9,975
75,337
110,270
175,270
119,665
172,404
130,685
100,639
44,520
29,176
67,720
3,576
47,500
55,789
27,431
92,988
n/a
n/a
32,100
59,870
91,468
78,195
88,840
n/a
102,570
118,211
208,025
50,477
19,525
59,000
$
33,279,169

% change
249.8%
3.7%
-3.4%
22.8%
-27.4%
3.1%
0.2%
n/a
5.2%
1023.2%
30.8%
n/a
128.5%
1048.4%
47.8%
0.9%
-36.5%
-9.2%
-38.4%
-19.1%
3.3%
133.0%
253.9%
50.2%
2733.9%
110.5%
78.3%
248.9%
2.1%
n/a
n/a
189.9%
49.2%
-3.3%
6.1%
-6.6%
n/a
-21.0%
-32.9%
-62.1%
54.7%
296.6%
27.1%
104.6%