AAPD PAC
Supported Candidates in 2020 Congressional Elections
U.S Senate Races 100 percent of the 12 Senate candidates supported by the AAPD PAC were re- elected or elected.
All Senate races supported at $5000 level except*
Candidate Percent of votes W Bill Cassidy (R-La.)1 59.32%
W Susan Collins (R-Maine) 51.14% W Steve Daines (R-Mont.) 55.01% W Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) 54.49% W Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) 51.79% W Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) 54.49% W Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) 54.85%
W *Congressman Roger Marshall (R-Kansas 53.5% 1st) 2 - ran for open Senate seat W Mitch McConnell (R- Ky.) 57.77% W Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) 57.01% W Jack Reed (D-R.I.) 66.52% W Jean Shaheen (D-N.H.) 56.73%
1Physician (gastroenterologist) 2Physician (obstetrician)
U.S House Races 97 percent of the 108 House candidates supported by the AAPD PAC were elected or re-elected. √ House members denoted with this symbol signed onto a FY 2021 Dear Colleague Letter in support of Title VII Pediatric Dentistry appropriations, which was generated by Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-Calif. 26th). This is AAPD’s number one federal appropriations priority.
Highest Tier Support ($5000)
Candidate Percent of votes W Mark Amodei (R-Nev. 2nd) 56.47% W Brian Babin (R-Texas 36th)3 73.61%
th W Kevin Brady (R-Texas 8 ) 72.52% W Mo Brooks (R-Ala. 5th) Unopposed
W Julia Brownley (D-Calif. 26th) 60.62%
W Michael Burgess, R-Texas-26th)4 60.61%
W Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y. 9th) 81.50%
W Tom Cole (R-Okla. 4th) 67.79%
W Henry Cuellar (D-Texas 28th) 58.33%
W Diana DeGette (D-Colo. 1st) 73.65%
W Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn. 3rd) 58.70%
th W √ Anna Eshoo (R-Calif. 18 ) 63.23% W Drew Ferguson (R-Ga. 3rd)5 65.04%
3 General Dentist 4 Physician (ob-gyn) 5 General Dentist
Candidate Percent of votes W Paul Gosar (R-Ariz. 4th)6 69.76%
th W Kay Granger (R-Texas 12 ) 64.70%
rd W Michael Guest (R-Miss. 3 ) 64.96%
st 7 W Andy Harris (R-Md. 1 ) 63.65% Steny Hoyer (D- Md. 5th)- 68.63% W House Majority Leader Whip
st W Trent Kelly (R-Miss. 1 ) 69.10% nd W Rick Larsen (D-Wash. 2 ) 63.32% Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif. 23rd)- 61.60% W House Minority Leader
th W Grace Meng (D-N.Y. 6 ) 62.63% Richard Neal (D-Mass. 1st) unopposed W Chair, Ways and Means Committee
th W Steve Palazzo (R-Miss. 4 ) unopposed
th W Frank Pallone (D-N.J. 6 ) 61.07%
th W David Price (D-N.C. 4 ) 67.33%
th W Lucille Roybal Allard (D-Calif 40 ) 72.89%
nd W √ Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md. 2 ) 67.32%
nd 8 W Mike Simpson (R-Idaho 2 ) 64.06%
th W Fred Upton (R-Mich. 6 ) 55.89% W √ Jeff Van Drew- (R-N.J. 2nd)9 52.25%
rd W Steve Womack (R-Ark. 3 .) 64.41%
6 General Dentist 7 Physician (anesthesiologist) 8 General Dentist 9 General Dentist
Medium Tier Support ($2500)
Candidate Percent of votes W Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla. 12th) 62.89%
W Salud Carbajal (D-Calif. 24th) 58.75%
W Danny Davis (D-Ill. 7th) 80.35%
W Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn. 3rd) 66.90%
nd W Brett Guthrie (R-Ky. 2 ) 70.96%
th W √ Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y. 8 ) 82.61%
th W Barbara Lee (D-Calif. 13 ) 90.38% W Betty McCollum (D-Minn. 4th) 63.34%
nd W Devin Nunes (R-Calif. 22 ) 54.23% nd W Mark Pocan (D-Wisc. 2 ) 69.72%
Basic Tier Support ($1000)
Candidate Percent of votes Joe Courtney (D-Conn. 2nd) W 59.38%
Sharice Davids (D-Kansas 3rd) W 53.43%
Rodney Davis (R-Ill. 13th) W 54.36%
Virginia Foxx (R-N.C. 5th) W 66.93%
Mark Green (R-Tenn. 7th) W 70.34%
Derek Kilmer (D- Wash. 6th) W 59.47%
√ John Larson (D-Conn. 1st) W 63.75%
W √ Mike Levin (D-Cal. 49th) 53.14%
Candidate Percent of votes
√ Chellie Pingree (D-Maine 1st) W 61.50%
Katie Porter (D-Cal. 45th) W 53.46%
W Kim Schrier (D-Wash. 8th)10 51.79%
√ Jackie Speier (D-Calif. 14th) W 79.29%
Bryan Steil (R-Wisc. lst) W 59.35%
Eric Swalwell (D-Calif. 15th ) W 70.94%
Van Taylor (R-Texas 3rd) 55.17% W
Beth Van Duyne (R) - candidate for 48.81% W open seat in Texas 24th district Jackie Walorski (R-Ind. 2nd) W 61.50%
√ Peter Welch (D-Vt. At large) W 67.41%
Below are additional House Members who co-signed the FY 2021Title VII Pediatric Dentistry Dear Colleague Letter. Each received Basic Tier AAPD PAC support.
√ Cindy Axne (D-Iowa 3rd) W 48.98% √ Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Cal. 44th) W 67.97% √ Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio 3rd) W 70.61% √ Cheri Bustos (D-Ill. 17th) W 51.95% √ G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C. 1st) W 54.21% √ Tony Cárdenas (D-Cal. 29th) W 56.69% √ André Carson (D-Ind. 7th) W 62.44% √ Sean Casten (D-Ill. 6th) W 52.77% √ David N. Cicilline (D-R.I. 1st) W 71.25% √ Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-Mo. 5th) W 58.59% √ Steve Cohen (D-Tenn. 9th) W 77.35% √ Angie Craig (D-Minn. 2nd) W 48.21% √ Jason Crow (D-Colo. 6th) W 57.09% √ Antonio Delgado (D-N.Y. 19th) W 51.55% √ Mark DeSaulnier (D-Cal. 11th) W 73.10% √ Debbie Dingell (D-Mich. 12th) W 66.43%
10 Physician (only pediatrician in Congress)
√ Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y. 13th) W 90.19% √ Dwight Evans (D-Pa. 3rd) W 90.95% √ Abby Finkenauer (D-Iowa 1st)- L 48.69% √ Bill Foster (D- Ill. 11th) W 63.27% √ Jimmy Gomez (D-Cal. 34th) W 53.04% √ Jim Himes (D-Conn. 4th) W 62.27% √ Ro Khanna (D-Cal. 17th) W 71.33% √ Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill. 8th) W 73.06% √ Conor Lamb (D-Pa. 17th) W 51.14% √ Ted W. Lieu (D-Cal. 33rd) W 67.66% √ Lucy McBath (D-Ga. 6th) W 54.59% √ Gwen Moore (D-Wisc. 4th) W 74.73% √ Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla. 7th) W 55.34% √ Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla. 26th) L 48.27% √ Eleanor Holmes Norton (Del.-D.C.) W √ Tom O’Halleran (D-Ariz. 1st) W 51.60% √ Jimmy Panetta (D-Cal. 20th) W 76.87% √ Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-N.J. 10th) W 83.55% √ Collin C. Peterson (D-Minn. 7th) L 39.89% √ Stacey E. Plaskett (D-V.I. 1st) W √ Cedric L. Richmond (D-La. 2nd) W 63.61% √ Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill. 1st) W 73.81% √ Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill. 9th) W 70.80% √ Bradley S. Schneider (D-Ill. 10th) W 63.72% √ Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va. 3rd) W 68.43% √ Brad Sherman (D-Cal. 30th) W 69.61% √ Albio Sires (D-N.J. 8th) W 75.05% √ Abigail D. Spanberger (D-Va. 7th) W 50.90% √ Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss. 2nd) W 65% √ Dina Titus (D-Nev. 1st) W 61.77% √ Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y. 7th) W 83.09% √ Jennifer Wexton (D-Va. 10th) W 56.56%