Michigan Campaign Finance Network

Top 150 PACs: July 2006

Rank Name 01/05-07/06 01/03-07/04 Change (%) 2004 Cycle
1 House Republican Campaign Committee $ 2,752,277 $ 1,703,833 61.5 $ 3,019,668
2 MI House Democratic Fund 1,825,223 1,097,962 66.2 1,927,803
3 Senate Republican Campaign Committee 1,772,965 1,318,961 34.4 1,448,961
4 Senate Democratic Fund 1,271,191 484,940 162.1 568,086
5 United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC 1,200,000 775,000 54.8 1,125,000
6 The Commonwealth PAC (Mitt Romney) 1,124,770 50 2,249,440.0 87,080
7 MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC 994,749 1,182,515 (15.9) 1,579,535
8 MI Assn. of Realtors / REALTORS PAC 876,608 639,537 37.1 945,332
9 [Jennifer] Granholm Leadership Fund 705,860 260,376 171.1 464,191
10 Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC 676,875 713,261 (5.1) 920,421
11 MI Trial Lawyers Assn. / Justice PAC 641,762 517,688 24.0 861,039
12 MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC 496,284 330,575 50.1 351,510
13 MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC 493,997 577,098 (14.4) 683,316
14 MI Manufactured Housing RV & Campground Assn. PAC 490,380 509,902 (3.8) 525,037
15 Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC 1 464,974 404,125 15.1 404,125
16 Generations PAC (Kwame Kilpatrick) 452,507 150,000 201.7 150,000
17 DTE Energy Co. PAC 403,548 371,034 8.8 485,881
18 MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI BANK PAC 387,660 322,623 20.2 324,573
19 Comerica Inc. PAC 370,762 163,168 127.2 293,578
20 MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC 368,915 342,533 7.7 426,185
21 MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC 2 302,022 229,800 31.4 304,800
22 JDC Genesee Fund (John Cherry) 253,250 259,230 (2.3) 267,930
23 Miller Canfield PAC 250,000 210,000 19.0 260,000
24 Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW COPE 3 246,370 143,965 71.1 301,615
25 MI Restaurant Assn. PAC 218,846 181,929 20.3 232,581
26 Detroit Auto Dealers / DAD PAC 214,750 268,150 (19.9) 380,250
27 No. VI Leadership Fund (Craig DeRoche) 202,625 83,925 141.4 229,125
28 Anthony Marrocco Victory PAC 200,025 168,074 19.0 168,074
29 Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos) 192,100 520,585 (63.1) 881,385
30 [Wayne] Kuipers Impact Fund 188,125 39,488 376.4 43,613
31 MI Chamber of Commerce PAC 183,663 182,253 0.8 222,433
32 MI Farm Bureau PAC 178,490 150,789 18.4 181,392
33 MI Auto Dealers Assn. / MAD PAC 175,991 222,106 (20.8) 249,588
34 MI Credit Union League Action Fund 173,369 105,681 64.0 131,209
35 Republican Victory Committee (Jason Allen) 173,300 18,987 812.7 31,087
36 MI Assn. of Insurance Agents / Agent PAC 157,561 151,322 4.1 164,496
37 AT&T Michigan PAC 4 156,462 156,871 (0.3) 211,051
38 Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC 153,851 131,153 17.3 168,082
39 COMM-PAC 152,500 185,876 (18.0) 199,876
40 Citizens for Michigan (Anthony Soave) 150,000 146,400 2.5 171,400
41 Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC 141,316 154,139 (8.3) 379,186
42 Detroit Regional Chamber PAC 141,208 107,000 32.0 127,103
43 Straight Talk America (John McCain) 138,000 n/a n/a n/a
44 CMS Energy Employees for Better Government 135,135 131,108 3.1 165,635
45 Dykema Gossett PAC 130,320 76,501 70.4 114,201
46 MI Petroleum Jobbers PAC 127,965 165,045 (22.5) 166,335
47 MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC 125,281 113,780 10.1 138,919
48 Knights of the Round Table Leadership PAC (Mike Bishop) 124,893 72,576 72.1 106,126
49 MHSA PAC 121,400 132,565 (8.4) 163,565
50 AFSCME PAC 116,539 206,507 (43.6) 243,242
51 MI State Medical Society / MI Doctors PAC 114,866 151,170 (24.0) 189,685
52 MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC 111,480 25,240 341.7 28,290
53 Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC 111,302 400 27,725.6 400
54 Fifth Third Bancorp PAC 111,190 64,683 71.9 127,414
55 Great Lakes Sugarbeet Growers PAC 110,124 60,253 82.8 60,463
56 [Mark] Schauer 21st Century Fund 106,375 3,650 2,814.4 20,141
57 Right to Life of MI PAC 105,814 42,485 149.1 133,970
58 MI Assn. of Home Builders / Friends of Housing 105,359 122,026 (13.7) 133,931
59 Singh PAC 104,946 19,800 430.0 147,600
60 Detroit Police Officers Assn. PAC 101,607 67,775 49.9 89,809
61 DaimlerChrysler PAC 101,146 97,984 3.2 130,381
62 Republican State Leadership Comm MI PAC 100,500 - n/a 19,900
63 America Votes Michigan (John Hunting) 100,000 n/a n/a n/a
64 MI Optometric Assn. PAC 97,625 97,057 0.6 113,502
65 MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC 95,413 109,502 (12.9) 143,168
66 MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC 93,769 92,412 1.5 104,447
67 MI Laborers Political League 93,507 113,150 (17.4) 181,342
68 MI Osteopathic PAC 92,735 114,551 (19.0) 127,184
69 Karoub Associates PAC 92,443 57,592 60.5 71,447
70 Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life) 92,507 18,353 404.0 31,068
71 New Century Fund 89,500 - n/a -
72 Command Officers Assn of MI PAC 88,984 - n/a 14,841
73 Burton Leland Leadership Fund 88,150 27,770 217.4 28,270
74 Local 58 IBEW * 86,959 112,602 (22.8) 151,343
75 [Gilda] Jacobs Millennium PAC 85,681 - n/a -
76 [Mike] Cox 5200 Club 84,842 447,064 (81.0) 682,958
77 General Motors Corp. PAC - MI 84,445 108,201 (22.0) 137,881
78 Health Alliance Plan PAC 83,413 n/a n/a n/a
79 Ken Sikkema Leadership Fund 83,100 153,565 (45.9) 242,315
80 County Road Assn. of MI / CRAM-RUSH PAC 81,261 79,932 1.7 140,396
81 [Mike] Bishop Majority Fund 79,725 n/a n/a n/a
82 MI Funeral Directors Assn. PAC / MFDA PAC 79,611 87,135 (8.6) 98,915
83 Macomb Crimefighters PAC 79,450 n/a n/a n/a
84 Friends of Ferris 78,779 96,243 (18.1) 96,595
85 Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 333 PAC 78,606 69,896 12.5 88,729
86 [Diane] Byrum Leadership Fund 78,245 69,600 12.4 162,100
87 Fannie Lou Hamer PAC * 77,893 65,738 18.5 129,488
88 21st Century Club 77,250 66,245 16.6 67,870
89 Troopers PAC 77,000 67,852 13.5 86,852
90 Michigan List 76,771 8,966 756.3 74,416
91 [Robert] Ficano PAC 76,575 64,280 19.1 78,240
92 Waste Management PAC 76,514 58,735 30.3 74,013
93 Building Industry Assn. PAC 75,191 39,102 92.3 44,792
94 Ford Motor Civic Action Fund 74,961 64,674 15.9 86,802
95 Progressive Women's Alliance of West MI 74,159 30,900 140.0 34,340
96 MI Licensed Beverage Assn. PAC 71,374 54,464 31.0 82,994
97 JP Morgan Chase & Co MI PAC 70,775 56,243 25.8 83,480
98 Meijer PAC 69,670 118,849 (41.4) 145,913
99 Committee for Responsible Government 69,450 66,300 4.8 98,320
100 23 is Enough PAC 68,935 87,165 (20.9) 146,765
101 The [Jason] Allen Majority Fund 68,882 n/a n/a n/a
102 [Andy] Meisner Majority Fund 68,140 n/a n/a n/a
103 Ironworkers Local 25 PAC 66,579 50,770 31.1 50,786
104 Westfield Federal PAC of Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. 65,932 5,600 1,077.3 7,780
105 Detroit Political Action Group 65,370 10,900 499.7 10,900
106 Delta Dental PAC 64,985 82,166 (20.9) 112,395
107 Planned Parenthood Advocates of MI 63,966 35,438 80.5 51,678
108 Masco PAC 63,000 73,500 (14.3) 73,500
109 Huntington Natl Bank MI PAC 62,119 41,893 48.3 63,534
110 United Food & Commercial Workers PAC 60,931 36,048 69.0 47,078
111 United Parcel Service / UPS PAC 60,665 34,640 75.1 41,640
112 Chris Ward Majority Fund 59,750 16,372 265.0 83,352
113 Pharmacy PAC 59,680 42,234 41.3 63,662
114 MI State Firefighters Union PAC 58,934 60,939 (3.3) 69,977
115 MI Petroleum PAC 58,900 63,380 (7.1) 64,580
116 EMILY'S List 58,651 4,000 1,366.3 37,048
117 Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn PAC 58,170 26,350 120.8 31,775
118 Political Action for Voter Education / PAVE 57,575 141,298 (59.3) 205,198
119 Ed Gaffney Leadership Fund 57,512 2,510 2,191.3 33,392
120 Sommers Schwartz SSF 56,699 n/a n/a n/a
121 Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT Michigan 52,135 20,554 153.7 31,260
122 Diamond PAC (Jewell Ware) 52,025 49,000 6.2 63,700
123 Pfizer MI PAC 51,114 20,123 154.0 33,978
124 School Administrators PAC 50,583 58,310 (13.3) 116,231
125 Wisdom PAC 49,000 1,335 3,570.4 1,335
126 Alma Wheeler Smith Take Back PAC 48,405 n/a n/a n/a
127 MI Distributors & Vendors Assn. PAC / MDVA PAC 47,632 40,794 16.8 51,574
128 Insurance and Financial Advisors PAC 47,312 35,818 32.1 53,397
129 Sheet Metal Workers Local 7 PAC 46,422 63,594 (27.0) 76,798
130 Quicken Loans PAC MI 46,150 5,500 739.1 15,725
131 Amer Elec Power/MI Comm for Responsible Govt 46,110 39,778 15.9 51,188
132 MI Boilermakers PAC 45,737 66,861 (31.6) 78,946
133 Assoc. Builders and Contractors of MI / ABC PAC 45,625 72,255 (36.9) 77,346
134 Frankenmuth PAC 45,608 45,366 0.5 53,317
135 Wiener Associates PAC 45,150 36,950 22.2 40,950
136 US Steel PAC MI 44,953 - n/a 14,153
137 Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC 44,577 66,072 (32.5) 85,451
138 Telecommunications Assn. of MI/Tele PAC 44,378 25,535 73.8 42,051
139 Allen Brothers PAC 43,975 71,900 (38.8) 87,025
140 MI Insurance Coalition PAC 43,759 38,571 13.5 49,310
141 SEMCO Energy PAC 43,607 44,102 (1.1) 53,738
142 Kelly Services PAC 42,972 50,100 (14.2) 60,725
143 MI Retailers Assn. PAC / Retail PAC 42,945 41,996 2.3 49,725
144 Amerisure PAC 42,352 31,759 33.4 40,691
145 Black Slate Inc. 42,315 23,125 83.0 59,600
146 New Leaders Victory Fund (Barbara Farrah) 41,651 18,500 125.1 58,700
147 MI District Judges Education Fund 41,646 42,800 (2.7) 54,615
148 Run To Win Sak Leadership Fund 41,610 n/a n/a n/a
149 Genesee Victory Fund (Bob Emerson) 40,850 22,780 79.3 30,880
150 Grand Rapids Chamber / Friends of West Michigan 40,750 63,665 (36.0) 69,495
$ 30,004,426 $ 21,765,768 37.9 $ 30,478,561
* has not filed 7/06 report as of 7/26/06
1 All contributions were from DADPAC and MADPAC
2 AUC & MI Road Builders merged on 2/15/05 to form MITA PAC
3 Used MI expend because contributions to national COPE from all over the country
4 Changed name from SBC Communications MI PAC on 11/21/05