Top 150 PACs: 2018 Election Cycle (Jan. 1, 2017, Through Oct. 20, 2017)
Rank Committee Name Committee Type Fundraising Jan. Fundraising Jan. 1, 2017, through 1, 2015, through Oct. 20, 2017 Oct. 20, 2015
1 HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN Caucus $1,607,830 $890,083 COMMITTEE (HRCC) Committee 2 SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN Caucus $1,142,006 $856,734 COMMITTEE (SRCC) Committee
3 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF Labor $889,990 — BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING (IABSOR) IRON WORKERS*
4 TURNAROUND DETROIT (SUPER PAC)** Super PAC $864,500 $0
5 MICHIGAN HOUSE DEMOCRATIC FUND Caucus $853,311 $816,918 (HDF) Committee 6 MICHIGAN SENATE DEMOCRATIC FUND Caucus $516,103 $443,383 (SDF) Committee
7 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN Insurance $513,874 $476,498 PAC
8 MICHIGAN REGIONAL COUNCIL OF Labor $506,181 $272,006 CARPENTERS PAC
9 COMPETE MICHIGAN PAC (SEN. MIKE Leadership PAC $403,091 $47,400 SHIRKEY) 10 HEALTH PAC (MICHIGAN HEALTH AND Health Care $398,903 $362,386 HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
11 REALTORS PAC OF MICHIGAN Real Estate $324,571 $362,881
12 MOVING MICHIGAN FORWARD FUND I Leadership PAC $310,999 — (SEN. ARLAN MEEKHOF)
13 MIPAC (LT. GOV. BRIAN CALLEY) Leadership PAC $306,756 — 14 MICHIGAN BEER AND WINE Food And $250,332 $256,598 WHOLESALERS PAC Beverage
15 CHATFIELD MAJORITY FUND (REP. LEE Leadership PAC $240,075 $20,050 CHATFIELD)
16 DTE ENERGY COMPANY PAC Energy $236,757 $286,732
17 COMCAST CORPORATION AND Technology And $236,100 $31,250 NBCUNIVERSAL PAC Communication 18 MICHIGAN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION PAC Labor $231,115 $203,013 (MEA)
19 MICHIGAN LABORERS POLITICAL LEAGUE Labor $227,656 $151,082
20 POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF Law Enforcement $223,096 $134,923 MICHIGAN LEGISLATIVE FUND
21 BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN PAC II Super PAC $221,000 $300,000 (SUPER PAC) 22 MICHIGAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION Financial $215,221 $156,828 (MIBANKPAC)
23 AUTO DEALERS OF MICHIGAN PAC Automobile $211,854 $183,890
24 MICHIGAN CREDIT UNION LEAGUE Financial $192,350 $140,642 ACTION FUND
25 MICHIGAN CHAMBER PAC General Business $191,832 $242,637 26 CMS ENERGY CORP EMPLOYEES FOR Energy $191,667 $142,098 BETTER GOVERNMENT (CONSUMERS ENERGY)
27 MICHIGAN VALUES LEADERSHIP FUND Leadership PAC $186,260 $89,750 (REP. TOM LEONARD)
28 MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE Legal And $179,891 $224,594 (JUSTICE PAC) Lobbying
29 POWERING THE ECONOMY (SUPER PAC) Super PAC $161,150 $413,314 (DETROIT REGIONAL BUSINESS) 30 STAMAS LEADERSHIP PAC (SEN. JIM Leadership PAC $158,750 $9,700 STAMAS)
31 MOVING MICHIGAN FORWARD FUND II Leadership PAC $158,725 $309,400 (SEN. ARLAN MEEKHOF)
32 MICHIGAN PIPE TRADES ASSOCIATION Super PAC $154,071 $271,230 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE POLITICAL COMMITTEE (SUPER PAC)
33 BUSINESS LEADERS FOR MICHIGAN PAC General Business $141,500 $123,000 34 DETROIT AUTO DEALERS PAC Automobile $140,983 $158,500
35 MILLER CANFIELD PAC Legal And $136,602 $110,000 Lobbying
36 FORD MOTOR COMPANY CIVIC ACTION Automobile $124,164 $102,748 FUND
37 MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU PAC Agriculture $114,598 $137,242 38 MICHIGAN RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION Food And $112,457 $63,741 PAC Beverage
39 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF Labor $110,055 $251,591 ELECTRICAL WORKERS PAC (IBEW)
40 MICHIGAN AUTOMOBILE DEALERS PAC Automobile $103,905 $106,485
41 PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 636 PAC Labor $103,295 $41,956 42 RELENTLESS POSITIVE ACTION PAC (GOV. Leadership PAC $101,847 $0 RICK SNYDER)
43 AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF MICHIGAN PAC Insurance $100,700 $70,625
44 UAW MICHIGAN VOLUNTARY PAC (UNITED Labor $100,116 $100,000 AUTO WORKERS)
45 PEOPLE FIRST SUPER PAC*** Super PAC $100,000 — 46 HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION OF Health Care $93,124 $73,265 MICHIGAN PAC (HCAM)
47 HEMLOCK SEMICONDUCTOR Energy $87,394 — OPERATIONS LLC PAC
48 MICHIGAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND Construction $83,100 $36,955 TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION PAC (MITA)
49 HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM Health Care $82,871 $39,027 GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS SERVICES PAC 50 MICHIGAN VALUES LEADERSHIP FUND II Leadership PAC $81,790 — (REP. TOM LEONARD)
51 DELTA PAC (DELTA DENTAL) Health Care $79,016 $92,252
52 PROGRESSIVE WOMEN’S ALLIANCE OF Progressive $78,682 $11,529 WEST MICHIGAN
53 LOCAL 357 PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS Labor $78,653 — PAC 54 EMILY’S LIST MICHIGAN Progressive $74,850 $10,500
55 MAC PAC (SEN. PETER MACGREGOR) Leadership PAC $74,250 $16,600
56 MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE Health Care $71,962 $76,047 ANESTHETISTS PAC
57 AT&T MICHIGAN PAC Technology And $67,689 $53,740 Communication 58 GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY PAC Automobile $66,103 $64,914
59 CLARK HILL PAC Legal And $66,000 $65,000 Lobbying
60 OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 324 ST OF Labor $65,068 $51,997 MI PAC
61 MICHIGAN PETROLEUM JOBBERS PAC Other $64,637 $56,072 62 MDA DENTAL PAC (MICHIGAN DENTAL Health Care $64,354 $37,295 ASSOCIATION)
63 LOCAL UNION NO 58 INTERNATIONAL Labor $63,892 $49,740 BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS (IBEW)
64 UPPER PENINSULA PLUMBERS AND Labor $63,279 $44,828 PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 111 PAC FUND
65 COMM-PAC General Business $61,450 $105,600 66 MICHIGAN MCDONALDS GOVERNMENT Food And $61,200 $37,900 ASSOCIATION PAC Beverage
67 MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH Super PAC $60,859 $53,050 PLANS ADVOCACY PAC (SUPER PAC)
68 MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED Financial $60,857 $81,727 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (CPAs) PAC
69 MICHIGAN LIST Progressive $60,803 $29,400 70 MUCHMORE HARRINGTON SMALLEY Legal And $60,500 $50,150 ASSOCIATES PAC Lobbying
71 DETROIT COMMUNITY IMPACT Super PAC $60,100 — COMMITTEE (SUPER PAC)
72 JACKSON HOLDINGS LLC AND JACKSON Insurance $58,729 $41,331 NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
73 MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF HEALTH Health Care $57,168 $73,695 PLANS PAC 74 MICHIGAN DESERVES BETTER (SUPER Super PAC $55,300 $47,900 PAC)
75 MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE Insurance $55,161 $57,137 AGENTS PAC (AGENT PAC)
76 DYKEMA GOSSETT STATE PAC Legal And $54,200 $52,453 Lobbying
77 COUNTY ROAD ASSOCIATION ROADS Local $53,570 $45,684 PLUS Government 78 PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 333 Labor $51,214 $44,950 PAC
79 MICHIGAN SOCIETY OF Health Care $50,363 $45,039 ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PAC
80 ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND Construction $50,145 $41,152 CONTRACTORS PAC
81 TROOPERS PAC Law Enforcement $50,000 $61,076 82 LABORERS LOCAL 1191 CONSTRUCTION Labor $50,000 $0 WORKERS
83 MICHIGAN CHIROPRACTIC SOCIETY PAC Health Care $48,075 $49,896
84 GROWTH LIBERTY ENTERPRISE NOW Leadership PAC $47,970 $5,000 NETWORK PAC (REP. GARY GLENN)
85 DETROIT REGIONAL CHAMBER PAC General Business $47,376 $41,499 86 SINGH FOR MICHIGAN (REP. SAM SINGH) Leadership PAC $47,225 $21,400
87 BLACK SLATE INC Community $44,850 $0 Organization
88 FRANKENMUTH PAC Insurance $44,091 $46,652
89 FRIENDS OF SPECTRUM HEALTH Health Care $42,950 $39,500 90 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL Labor $42,211 $40,856 UNION LOCAL 79 PAC
91 SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN FIRST PAC General Business $42,000 $0
92 ANANICH SENATE MAJORITY FUND (SEN. Leadership PAC $41,017 $42,850 JIM ANANICH)
93 MAKE MICHIGAN GREAT (SUPER PAC) Super PAC $41,007 — 94 HILDENBRAND LEADERSHIP FUND (SEN. Leadership PAC $40,950 $28,000 DAVID HILDENBRAND)
95 ANANICH FUTURE FUND (SEN. JIM Leadership PAC $40,469 $46,010 ANANICH)
96 MICHIGAN AGGREGATES ASSOCIATION Construction $39,850 $9,350
97 MICHIGAN OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION Oil And Gas $38,062 $37,660 PAC 98 FLAGSTAR BANK PAC Financial $37,132 $31,762
99 MICHIGAN INSURANCE COALITION PAC Insurance $36,964 $30,062
100 MICHIGAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION Health Care $36,560 $34,419 PAC
101 LAUNCH PROGRESS PAC Progressive $36,451 $4,876 102 MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY Financial $35,384 $31,894 BANKERS OF MICHIGAN PAC
103 SAVE OUR CITY SUPER PAC*** Super PAC $35,005 —
104 JOHN AUSTIN BUILDING MICHIGAN FUND Leadership PAC $33,459 — (FORMER STATE BOARD OF ED MEMBER JOHN AUSTIN)
105 BRUNNER LEADERSHIP FUND (FORMER Leadership PAC $33,027 $0 REP. CHARLES BRUNNER) 106 HERTEL TAKE BACK THE SENATE FUND Leadership PAC $32,375 $7,000 (SEN. CURTIS HERTEL)
107 GREIG WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP FUND Leadership PAC $32,350 — (REP. CHRIS GREIG)
108 LOCAL 1 PAC/MICHIGAN EDUCATION Labor $32,345 $39,667 ASSOCIATION (MEA)
109 CNG HOLDINGS INC PAC Financial $32,261 $128,685 110 THE GREAT SOUTHWEST FUND (SEN. Leadership PAC $32,050 $25,050 JOHN PROOS)
111 WASTE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES Other $31,887 $30,778 BETTER GOVERNMENT FUND OF MICHIGAN
112 FRIENDS OF FERRIS College And $31,317 $36,559 University
113 SEMCO ENERGY INC PAC Energy $31,286 $25,155 114 COMMAND OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF Law Enforcement $31,267 $17,076 MICHIGAN CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUND
115 MARLEAU FOR MICHIGAN (SEN. JIM Leadership PAC $30,450 $45,425 MARLEAU)
116 MICHIGAN NURSES ASSOCIATION PAC Labor $30,162 $19,761
117 MICHIGAN ACTION COMMITTEE FOR Energy $30,048 $33,121 RURAL ELECTRIFICATION 118 WAYNE SCHMIDT LEADERSHIP FUND Leadership PAC $29,800 $155 (SEN. WAYNE SCHMIDT)
119 CHALDEAN CHAMBER PAC General Business $29,600 $7,403
120 FRIENDS OF WEST MICHIGAN BUSINESS General Business $29,525 $15,600 GRAND RAPIDS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
121 GARCIA MAJORITY FUND (SEN. DANIELA Leadership PAC $28,900 $12,970 GARCIA) 122 SENATE MAJORITY 2018 PAC Leadership PAC $28,350 $0
123 FANNIE LOU HAMER PAC Community $27,755 $35 Organization
124 BIPARTISAN VOLUNTARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS Financial $27,650 $25,613 COMMITTEE OF THE PNC FINANCIAL
125 WARNER NORCROSS AND JUDD PAC Legal And $27,500 $25,000 Lobbying 126 JAFFE SNIDER RAITT HEUER AND WEISS Legal And $27,350 $18,650 POLITICAL COMMITTEE Lobbying
127 MICHIGAN STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP FUND Leadership PAC $27,350 — (REP. JIM LILLY)
128 THE BARNETT LEADERSHIP FUND Leadership PAC $27,185 $2,330 (ROCHESTER HILLS MAYOR BRYAN BARNETT)
129 MI WOMEN WIN PAC Leadership PAC $26,457 $20,940 130 MICHIGAN OSTEOPATHIC PAC Health Care $26,272 $33,575
131 STAN GROT FOR MICHIGAN REPUBLICANS Leadership PAC $26,095 — (SHELBY TWP. CLERK STAN GROT)
132 KOWALL MAJORITY FUND (SEN. MIKE Leadership PAC $26,000 $46,050 KOWALL)
133 CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT Transportation $25,900 $150 FUND 134 MICHIGAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE College And $25,804 $21,550 ASSOCIATION PAC University
135 ITC HOLDINGS CORP PAC Energy $25,650 $7,384
136 MICHIGAN STATE UTILITY WORKERS Labor $25,553 $35,036 COUNCIL AFL-CIO PAC
137 CITIZENS FOR A RESPONSIBLE ROYAL Super PAC $25,000 — OAK (SUPER PAC) 138 SMALL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION OF Super PAC $24,752 $24,286 MICHIGAN PAC II (SUPER PAC)
139 UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL Labor $24,601 $1,000 WORKERS ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB
140 GROWING MICHIGAN (REP. DAN Leadership PAC $24,600 — LAUWERS)
141 21ST CENTURY CLUB Insurance $24,550 $38,875 142 KNEZEK FOR MICHIGAN PAC (SEN. DAVID Leadership PAC $24,500 $38,175 KNEZEK)
143 FRIENDS OF FARMERS INSURANCE PAC Insurance $24,015 $23,521
144 WESTLAND FIRE FIGHTERS PAC Labor $23,794 $15,912
145 MICHIGAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS Other $23,547 $7,287 ASSOCIATION PAC 146 MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC PAC Health Care $22,750 $20,111
147 ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS INC PAC Automobile $22,350 $19,625
148 AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY Energy $22,062 $21,891 (AEP)
149 REBEKAH WARREN LEADERSHIP FUND Leadership PAC $21,610 $175 (SEN. REBEKAH WARREN) 150 BANK ON BANKS FOR MICHIGAN (FORMER Leadership PAC $21,475 — REP. BRIAN BANKS)
TOTAL BY THE 150 TOP PACS $18,572,762
* International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers received most of its money through a transfer from another of its accounts outside Michigan. ** Turnaround Detroit is a Super PAC that has been supporting Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. *** Save Our City and Detroit Community Impact are Super PACs that file disclosures in Wayne County.