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Top PACs

Top 20 PAC Contributors to Candidates, 2007-2008

PAC Name Total Amount Dem Pct Repub Pct
Operating Engineers Union $2,612,560 86% 14%
National Assn of Realtors $2,289,750 59% 41%
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $2,286,550 98% 2%
AT&T Inc $2,065,200 36% 64%
American Assn for Justice $1,904,000 95% 5%
National Beer Wholesalers Assn $1,856,500 52% 48%
Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union $1,840,300 97% 3%
American Bankers Assn $1,818,520 39% 61%
International Assn of Fire Fighters $1,787,600 75% 25%
National Auto Dealers Assn $1,696,000 35% 65%
National Air Traffic Controllers Assn $1,638,825 77% 23%
Air Line Pilots Assn $1,634,000 85% 15%
Service Employees International Union $1,631,000 94% 6%
Laborers Union $1,548,500 92% 8%
Credit Union National Assn $1,530,699 55% 45%
American Dental Assn $1,530,412 52% 48%
Sheet Metal Workers Union $1,509,010 97% 3%
United Parcel Service $1,502,001 41% 59%
Plumbers/Pipefitters Union $1,467,150 94% 6%
American Crystal Sugar $1,336,500 64% 36%

Totals include subsidiaries and affiliated PACs, if any.

*For ease of identification, the names used in this section are those of the organization connected with the PAC, rather than the official PAC name. For example, the "Coca-Cola Company Nonpartisan Committee for Good Government" is simply listed as "Coca-Cola Co."

Based on data released by the FEC on July 28, 2008.

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