Michigan Campaign Finance Network

Top 150 Michigan PACs - October 2006

Rank Name 01/05-10/06 01/03-10/04 Change (%) 2004 Cycle
1 Coalition for Progress (Jon Stryker) $ 5,174,400 n/a n/a n/a
2 House Republican Campaign Committee 3,986,556 2,503,108 59.3% 3,019,668
3 United Auto Workers / UAW MI Voluntary PAC 3,550,000 1,125,000 215.6% 1,125,000
4 Senate Republican Campaign Committee 2,339,930 1,383,236 69.2% 1,448,961
5 MI House Democratic Fund 2,249,665 1,678,824 34.0% 1,927,803
6 Senate Democratic Fund 2,224,063 557,860 298.7% 568,086
7 The Commonwealth PAC (Mitt Romney) 1,492,197 68,080 2091.8% 87,080
8 MI Education Assn. / MEA PAC 1,137,612 1,319,473 -13.8% 1,579,535
9 MI Assn. of Realtors / Realtors PAC 1,090,907 811,513 34.4% 945,332
10 MI Trial Lawyers Assn. / Justice PAC 992,305 773,153 28.3% 861,039
11 (Jennifer) Granholm Leadership Fund 866,465 434,996 99.2% 464,191
12 Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MI / BCBSM PAC 780,858 834,120 -6.4% 920,421
13 EMILY'S List 746,260 36,898 1922.5% 37,048
14 MI Beer & Wine Wholesalers Assn. PAC 678,128 632,233 7.3% 683,316
15 Auto Dealers of Michigan PAC 1 608,800 404,125 50.6% 404,125
16 MI Manufactured Housing RV & Campground Assn. PAC 530,120 524,537 1.1% 525,037
17 MI Health & Hospital Assn. / Health PAC 517,885 347,086 49.2% 351,510
18 DTE Energy Co. PAC 459,685 437,311 5.1% 485,881
19 Generations PAC (Kwame Kilpatrick) * 452,507 150,000 201.7% 150,000
20 Meijer PAC 429,013 133,730 220.8% 145,913
21 MI Regional Council of Carpenters PAC 425,829 391,912 8.7% 426,185
22 Comerica Inc. PAC 424,337 217,879 94.8% 293,578
23 MI Infrastructure & Transportaion PAC / MITA PAC 2 401,672 273,500 46.9% 304,800
24 MI Bankers Assn. PAC / MI BANK PAC 391,010 324,373 20.5% 324,573
25 Detroit Auto Dealers / DAD PAC 347,500 357,000 -2.7% 380,250
26 Intl. Brotherhood of Electrical Workers / IBEW COPE 3 326,170 289,365 12.7% 301,615
27 Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee 320,000 n/a n/a n/a
28 No. VI Leadership Fund (Craig DeRoche) 273,041 183,925 48.5% 229,125
29 MI Chamber of Commerce PAC 271,454 208,883 30.0% 222,433
30 JDC Genesee Fund (John Cherry) 259,350 261,780 -0.9% 267,930
31 Miller Canfield PAC 250,000 235,000 6.4% 260,000
32 MI Restaurant Assn. PAC 246,704 225,471 9.4% 232,581
33 Sierra Club MI Chapter Pol Comm 226,590 n/a n/a n/a
34 Sierra Club Voter Education Fund 4 225,000 n/a n/a n/a
35 America Votes - MI 220,025 n/a n/a n/a
36 MI Farm Bureau PAC 213,211 167,558 27.2% 181,392
37 (Mark) Schauer 21st Century Fund 201,390 17,491 1051.4% 20,141
38 Right to Life of MI PAC 200,783 132,020 52.1% 133,970
39 Anthony Marrocco Victory PAC 200,025 168,074 19.0% 168,074
40 United Food & Commercial Workers PAC 196,185 41,982 367.3% 47,078
41 Straight Talk America (John McCain) 195,323 n/a n/a n/a
42 (Wayne) Kuipers Impact Fund 194,325 41,188 371.8% 43,613
43 Great Lakes Education Project (DeVos family) 192,100 829,635 -76.8% 881,385
44 MI Auto Dealers Assn. / MAD PAC 190,941 238,731 -20.0% 249,588
45 Fannie Lou Hamer PAC 188,343 90,993 107.0% 129,488
46 AT&T Michigan PAC 5 187,647 185,446 1.2% 211,051
47 Comcast Corp. PAC / COMPAC 187,552 400 nmf n/a
48 MI Credit Union League Action Fund 184,351 113,169 62.9% 131,209
49 (Mike) Bishop Majority Fund 179,050 n/a n/a n/a
50 Republican Victory Committee (Jason Allen) 176,800 30,587 478.0% 31,087
51 Automobile Club of MI PAC / ACPAC 175,944 151,336 16.3% 168,082
52 MI Assn. of Insurance Agents / Agent PAC 175,147 156,130 12.2% 164,496
53 CMS Energy Employees for Better Government 170,784 146,616 16.5% 165,635
54 (Robert) Ficano PAC 166,625 75,165 121.7% 78,240
55 Citizens for Michigan (Anthony Soave) 160,000 171,400 -6.7% 171,400
56 COMM-PAC 159,875 196,876 -18.8% 199,876
57 Knights of the Round Table Leadership PAC (Mike Bishop) 159,393 95,651 66.6% 106,126
58 MI Assn. of CPAs / MACPA PAC 154,491 136,624 13.1% 138,919
59 Detroit Regional Chamber PAC 153,055 107,080 42.9% 127,103
60 MHSA PAC 146,400 153,065 -4.4% 163,565
61 Operating Engineers Local 324 PAC 144,831 233,198 -37.9% 379,186
62 Dykema Gossett PAC 141,679 103,851 36.4% 114,201
63 County Road Assn. of MI / CRAM-RUSH PAC 138,733 140,191 -1.0% 140,396
64 AFSCME PAC 138,093 226,100 -38.9% 243,242
65 (Mike) Cox 5200 Club 134,342 496,964 -73.0% 682,958
66 MI State Medical Society / MI Doctors PAC 133,037 181,210 -26.6% 189,685
67 MI Assn. of Health Plans PAC 131,400 27,340 380.6% 28,290
68 MI Petroleum Jobbers PAC 129,965 165,385 -21.4% 166,335
69 Karoub Associates PAC 124,474 66,025 88.5% 71,447
70 DaimlerChrysler PAC 123,892 113,713 9.0% 130,381
71 Fifth Third Bancorp PAC 120,085 125,414 -4.2% 127,414
72 Local 58 IBEW 118,302 131,259 -9.9% 151,343
73 MI Assn. of Home Builders / Friends of Housing 115,513 130,385 -11.4% 133,931
74 MI Optometric Assn. PAC 113,669 106,921 6.3% 113,502
75 Meisner Majority Fund 111,685 n/a n/a n/a
76 Great Lakes Sugarbeet Growers PAC 111,123 60,378 84.0% 60,463
77 Ken Sikkema Leadership Fund 111,000 228,815 -51.5% 242,315
78 Brooke PAC (Jackson Natl. Life) 110,783 29,825 271.4% 31,068
79 The (Jason) Allen Majority Fund 110,597 n/a n/a n/a
80 23 is Enough PAC 110,405 117,065 -5.7% 146,765
81 Singh PAC 104,946 23,800 340.9% 147,600
82 Amer. Leadership Council PAC 104,000 - nmf -
83 Burton Leland Leadership Fund 103,150 27,770 271.4% 28,270
84 (Gilda) Jacobs Millennium PAC 102,271 - nmf -
85 Republican State Leadership Comm MI PAC 100,500 15,000 570.0% 19,900
86 Command Officers Assn of MI PAC 100,291 14,841 575.8% 14,841
87 General Motors Corp. PAC - MI 98,035 124,331 -21.1% 137,881
88 MI Dental Assn. / Dent PAC 97,613 109,702 -11.0% 143,168
89 MI Laborers Political League 96,657 113,150 -14.6% 181,342
90 MI Osteopathic PAC 96,477 124,243 -22.3% 127,184
91 New Century Fund 96,000 - nmf -
92 Ed Gaffney Leadership Fund 95,480 25,610 272.8% 33,392
93 MI Soc of Anesthesiologists PAC 94,469 95,087 -0.6% 104,447
94 MI Licensed Beverage Assn. PAC 93,908 76,774 22.3% 82,994
95 Progressive Women's Alliance of West MI 92,904 32,995 181.6% 34,340
96 Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 333 PAC 92,288 80,700 14.4% 88,729
97 Health Alliance Plan PAC 91,314 n/a n/a n/a
98 Waste Management PAC 89,039 67,169 32.6% 74,013
99 Westfield Federal PAC of Ohio Farmers Insurance Co. 86,822 7,000 1140.3% 7,780
100 Ford Motor Civic Action Fund 86,325 75,738 14.0% 86,802
101 Michigan List 85,476 73,116 16.9% 74,416
102 MI Funeral Directors Assn. PAC / MFDA PAC 83,821 94,615 -11.4% 98,915
103 (Wayne) Kuipers Majority Fund 82,375 n/a n/a n/a
104 Pharmacy PAC 82,368 56,553 45.6% 63,662
105 (Diane) Byrum Leadership Fund 82,299 116,700 -29.5% 162,100
106 Delta Dental PAC 80,591 107,289 -24.9% 112,395
107 JP Morgan Chase & Co MI PAC 80,133 71,254 12.5% 83,480
108 Macomb Crimefighters PAC 79,450 n/a n/a n/a
109 Friends of Ferris 78,779 96,243 -18.1% 96,595
110 Huntington Natl Bank MI PAC 77,724 55,983 38.8% 63,534
111 Building Industry Assn. PAC 77,391 40,667 90.3% 44,792
112 MI Petroleum PAC 77,320 64,080 20.7% 64,580
113 21st Century Club 77,250 66,245 16.6% 67,870
114 Troopers PAC * 77,000 83,052 -7.3% 86,852
115 Chris Ward Majority Fund 74,400 65,052 14.4% 83,352
116 New Leaders Victory Fund (Barbara Farrah) 73,501 50,500 45.5% 58,700
117 Committee for Responsible Government 73,450 98,320 -25.3% 98,320
118 Detroit Police Officers Assn. PAC 72,690 81,597 -10.9% 89,809
119 Sommers Schwartz SSF 71,451 n/a n/a n/a
120 Grand Rapids Chamber / Friends of West Michigan 70,650 67,005 5.4% 69,495
121 Planned Parenthood Advocates of MI 70,536 49,773 41.7% 51,678
122 (Gretchen) Whitmer Leadership Fund 69,672 n/a n/a n/a
123 School Administrators PAC 68,890 111,105 -38.0% 116,231
124 Wayne 11th Repub Congressional Comm 66,868 46,150 44.9% 114,650
125 Ironworkers Local 25 PAC 66,579 50,770 31.1% 50,786
126 Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn PAC 66,495 30,475 118.2% 31,775
127 Detroit Political Action Group 65,370 10,900 499.7% 10,900
128 United Parcel Service / UPS PAC 64,165 35,640 80.0% 41,640
129 MI State Firefighters Union PAC 64,134 68,617 -6.5% 69,977
130 Amer. Fed. of Teachers - MI / AFT Michigan 63,775 27,008 136.1% 31,260
131 Health Care Assn. of MI / HCAM-PAC 63,577 84,970 -25.2% 85,770
132 Masco PAC 63,000 73,500 -14.3% 73,500
133 Green Team Majority Fund (Kevin Green) 6 60,385 - nmf -
134 (Bill) Huizenga House Fund 60,185 94,237 -36.1% 95,462
135 Grassroots Democrats 60,000 32,500 84.6% 67,500
136 Black Slate Inc. 59,565 39,600 50.4% 59,600
137 Pfizer MI PAC 58,559 26,560 120.5% 33,978
138 Political Action for Voter Education / PAVE * 57,575 203,698 -71.7% 205,198
139 (Andy) Dillon Leadership Fund 56,725 n/a n/a n/a
140 MI Motorcycle Riders PAC 56,430 35,572 58.6% 38,726
141 Insurance and Financial Advisors PAC 55,821 43,165 29.3% 53,397
142 Wiener Associates PAC 55,650 40,950 35.9% 40,950
143 SEMCO Energy PAC 55,320 51,000 8.5% 53,738
144 Alma Wheeler Smith Take Back PAC 55,133 n/a n/a n/a
145 Diamond PAC (Jewell Ware) 55,025 63,700 -13.6% 63,700
146 Kelly Services PAC 54,555 54,955 -0.7% 60,725
147 MI Boilermakers PAC 54,443 72,466 -24.9% 78,946
148 MI Distributors & Vendors Assn. PAC / MDVA PAC 53,676 51,074 5.1% 51,574
149 Allen Brothers PAC 53,675 85,675 -37.4% 87,025
150 Sheet Metal Workers Local 7 PAC 52,393 70,346 -25.5% 76,798
$ 47,188,168 $ 27,112,209 $ 30,314,484
* has not filed 10/06 report as of 10/29/06
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 All contributions went to Sierra Club MI Chapter Pol Comm
5 Changed name from SBC Communications MI PAC on 11/21/05
6 Renamed 11/22/05; was Paul DeWeese's Fund for MI's Future