Michigan Campaign Finance Network

Top 150 Michigan PACs - 2006 Election Cycle

Rank Name 01/05-12/06 01/03-12/04 Change (%)
1 Coalition for Progress (Jon Stryker) $ 5,460,077 n/a n/a
2 House Republican Campaign Committee 4,451,775 3,019,668 47.4%
3 United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC 3,552,432 1,125,000 215.8%
4 MI House Democratic Fund 2,720,517 1,927,803 41.1%
5 Senate Republican Campaign Committee 2,659,680 1,448,961 83.6%
6 Senate Democratic Fund 2,036,358 568,086 258.5%
7 The Commonwealth PAC (Mitt Romney) 1,854,302 87,080 2029.4%
8 MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC 1,429,730 1,579,535 -9.5%
9 MI Assn. of Realtors / REALTORS PAC 1,194,562 945,332 26.4%
10 EMILY'S List 1,117,964 37,048 2917.6%
11 MI Trial Lawyers Assn. / Justice PAC 1,062,264 861,039 23.4%
12 (Jennifer) Granholm Leadership Fund 893,815 474,816 88.2%
13 Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC 870,435 920,421 -5.4%
14 MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC 722,698 683,316 5.8%
15 Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC 1 608,800 404,125 50.6%
16 MI Manufactured Housing RV & Campground Assn. PAC 534,000 525,037 1.7%
17 MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC 518,160 351,510 47.4%
18 DTE Energy Co. PAC 507,361 485,881 4.4%
19 Comerica Inc. PAC 500,691 293,578 70.5%
20 Generations PAC (Kwame Kilpatrick) 471,007 150,000 214.0%
21 MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC 461,963 426,185 8.4%
22 Meijer PAC 436,038 145,913 198.8%
23 Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW COPE 2 411,345 301,615 36.4%
24 Detroit Auto Dealers / DAD PAC 409,450 380,250 7.7%
25 MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC 3 406,172 304,800 33.3%
26 MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI BANK PAC 393,265 324,573 21.2%
27 No. VI Leadership Fund (Craig DeRoche) 325,891 229,125 42.2%
28 Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee 320,000 n/a n/a
29 America Votes Michigan 305,025 n/a n/a
30 MI Chamber of Commerce PAC 286,609 222,433 28.9%
31 JDC Genesee Fund (John Cherry) 265,450 267,930 -0.9%
32 Miller Canfield PAC 265,000 260,000 1.9%
33 MI Restaurant Assn. PAC 258,647 232,581 11.2%
34 MI Farm Bureau PAC 243,206 181,392 34.1%
35 Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC 235,037 379,186 -38.0%
36 Right to Life of MI PAC 232,321 133,970 73.4%
37 Sierra Club MI Chapter Pol Comm 226,990 n/a n/a
38 United Food & Commercial Workers PAC 225,088 47,078 378.1%
39 Sierra Club Voter Education Fund 225,000 n/a n/a
40 AT&T Michigan PAC 4 213,416 211,051 1.1%
41 MI Laborers Political League 204,231 181,342 12.6%
42 MI Auto Dealers Assn. / MAD PAC 202,236 249,588 -19.0%
43 (Mark) Schauer 21st Century Fund 201,590 20,141 900.9%
44 (Mike) Bishop Majority Fund 201,525 n/a n/a
45 (Wayne) Kuipers Impact Fund 201,325 43,613 361.6%
46 MI Credit Union League Action Fund 201,253 131,209 53.4%
47 Straight Talk America (John McCain) 200,423 n/a n/a
48 Anthony Marrocco Victory PAC 200,025 168,074 19.0%
49 Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC 199,552 2,400 8214.7%
50 Fannie Lou Hamer PAC 199,418 129,488 54.0%
51 Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos Family) 192,100 881,385 -78.2%
52 Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC 191,606 168,082 14.0%
53 CMS Energy Employees for Better Government 191,115 165,635 15.4%
54 MI Assn. of Insurance Agents / Agent PAC 185,743 164,496 12.9%
55 Republican Victory Committee (Jason Allen) 178,800 31,087 475.2%
56 MI State Medical Society / MI Doctors PAC 167,777 189,685 -11.5%
57 (Robert) Ficano PAC 166,725 78,240 113.1%
58 COMM-PAC 165,125 199,876 -17.4%
59 Knights of the Round Table Leadership PAC (Mike Bishop) 164,393 106,126 54.9%
60 (Mike) Cox 5200 Club 161,692 682,958 -76.3%
61 Detroit Regional Chamber PAC 160,055 127,103 25.9%
62 Citizens for Michigan (Anthony Soave) 160,000 171,400 -6.7%
63 MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC 159,589 138,919 14.9%
64 AFSCME PAC 156,867 243,242 -35.5%
65 MHSA PAC 151,400 163,565 -7.4%
66 Dykema Gossett PAC 147,079 114,201 28.8%
67 DaimlerChrysler PAC 145,388 130,381 11.5%
68 MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC 142,825 28,290 404.9%
69 Karoub Associates PAC 140,230 71,447 96.3%
70 County Road Assn. of MI / CRAM-RUSH PAC 138,903 140,396 -1.1%
71 The (Jason) Allen Majority Fund 134,047 n/a n/a
72 (Andy) Meisner Majority Fund 133,770 n/a n/a
73 Republican State Leadership Comm MI PAC 130,500 19,900 555.8%
74 MI Petroleum Jobbers PAC 129,965 166,335 -21.9%
75 US Steel PAC MI 129,120 14,153 812.3%
76 Ken Sikkema Leadership Fund 124,250 242,315 -48.7%
77 Fifth Third Bancorp PAC 121,485 127,414 -4.7%
78 MI Assn. of Home Builders / Friends of Housing 121,407 133,931 -9.4%
79 MI Optometric Assn. PAC 118,904 113,502 4.8%
80 Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life) 118,753 31,068 282.2%
81 Local 58 IBEW 118,302 151,343 -21.8%
82 Burton Leland Leadership Fund 118,150 28,270 317.9%
83 Amer. Leadership Council PAC 118,000 - nmf
84 23 is Enough PAC 116,455 146,765 -20.7%
85 Great Lakes Sugarbeet Growers PAC 112,221 60,463 85.6%
86 MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC 111,520 143,168 -22.1%
87 General Motors Corp. PAC - MI 109,270 137,881 -20.8%
88 Command Officers Assn of MI PAC 108,554 14,841 631.4%
89 Troopers PAC 107,000 86,852 23.2%
90 Ed Gaffney Leadership Fund 106,330 33,392 218.4%
91 Health Alliance Plan PAC 105,764 n/a n/a
92 MI Insurance PAC 5 105,097 7,780 1250.9%
93 Singh PAC 104,946 147,600 -28.9%
94 (Gilda) Jacobs Millennium PAC 104,906 - nmf
95 Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 333 PAC 102,137 88,729 15.1%
96 MI Licensed Beverage Assn. PAC 102,047 82,994 23.0%
97 Waste Management PAC 100,650 74,013 36.0%
98 MI Osteopathic PAC 100,202 127,184 -21.2%
99 MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC 99,494 104,447 -4.7%
100 (Dianne) Byrum Leadership Fund 98,799 162,100 -39.1%
101 National Right To Life Pac State Fund, Inc. 98,467 n/a n/a
102 Political Action for Voter Education / PAVE (Mark Steenburgh) 97,275 205,198 -52.6%
103 Ironworkers Local 25 PAC 96,660 50,786 90.3%
104 Progressive Women's Alliance of West MI 96,474 34,340 180.9%
105 New Century Fund 95,500 - nmf
106 Comm. Workers of America Ed Fund 95,000 n/a n/a
107 Ford Motor Civic Action Fund 93,460 86,802 7.7%
108 Pharmacy PAC 92,885 63,662 45.9%
109 MI Funeral Directors Assn. PAC / MFDA PAC 91,381 98,915 -7.6%
110 JP Morgan Chase & Co MI PAC 88,042 83,480 5.5%
111 Detroit Political Action Group 87,870 10,900 706.1%
112 (Wayne) Kuipers Majority Fund 87,475 n/a n/a
113 Alma Wheeler Smith Take Back PAC 87,208 n/a n/a
114 Michigan List 87,186 74,416 17.2%
115 Huntington Natl Bank MI PAC 86,873 63,534 36.7%
116 Delta Dental PAC 84,497 112,395 -24.8%
117 Genesee Victory Fund (Bob Emerson) 82,250 30,880 166.4%
118 Sommers Schwartz SSF 81,312 n/a n/a
119 New Leaders Victory Fund (Barbara Farrah) 80,201 58,700 36.6%
120 (Andy) Dillon Leadership Fund 79,750 n/a n/a
121 Macomb Crimefighters PAC 79,450 n/a n/a
122 Chris Ward Majority Fund 78,900 83,352 -5.3%
123 Friends of Ferris 78,779 96,595 -18.4%
124 Building Industry Assn. PAC 78,491 44,792 75.2%
125 Detroit Police Officers Assn. PAC 78,200 89,809 -12.9%
126 MI Petroleum PAC 78,120 64,580 21.0%
127 21st Century Club 77,250 67,870 13.8%
128 Wayne 11th Repub Congressional Comm 77,068 114,650 -32.8%
129 Planned Parenthood Advocates of MI 76,833 51,678 48.7%
130 MI Values Leadership Fund (Alan Cropsey) 75,350 n/a n/a
131 Committee for Responsible Government 73,450 98,320 -25.3%
132 School Administrators PAC 73,242 116,231 -37.0%
133 Grand Rapids Chamber / Friends of West Michigan 70,780 69,495 1.8%
134 (Gretchen) Whitmer Leadership Fund 70,272 n/a n/a
135 Insurance and Financial Advisors PAC 70,043 53,397 31.2%
136 MI Boilermakers PAC 69,161 78,946 -12.4%
137 Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT Michigan 6 68,968 31,260 120.6%
138 SEIU State Council PAC 68,556 63,100 8.6%
139 Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn PAC 66,495 31,775 109.3%
140 MI State Firefighters Union PAC 65,933 69,977 -5.8%
141 Pfizer MI PAC 65,673 33,978 93.3%
142 Green Team Majority Fund (K. Green) 65,510 - nmf
143 Black Slate Inc. 64,965 59,600 9.0%
144 United Parcel Service / UPS PAC 64,165 41,640 54.1%
145 Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC 63,583 85,770 -25.9%
146 Masco PAC 63,000 73,500 -14.3%
147 Jewish Agency PAC 62,666 30,342 106.5%
148 SEMCO Energy PAC 61,916 53,738 15.2%
149 New Solutions Fund (Steve Tobocman) 61,437 n/a n/a
150 Kelly Services PAC 60,962 60,725 0.4%
$ 51,902,554 $ 29,944,248
1 All contributions were from DADPAC and MADPAC
2 Used MI expend because contributions to national COPE are from all over the country
3 AUC & MI Road Builders merged on 2/15/05 to form MITA PAC
4 Changed name from SBC Communications MI PAC on 11/21/05
5 Renamed 11/20/06; was Westfield Federal PAC of Ohio Farmers Insurance Co.
6 Renamed 9/1/05; was MI Fed. of Teachers & SRP PAC