Archives: Super PACs

Lean / focus: Environmental / climate Founded: 2014 Type: Super PAC affiliated with the League of Conservation Voters The LCV Victory Fund is the super PAC affiliated with the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), one of the oldest and largest environmental advocacy organizations in American politics. The Victory Fund handles LCV’s independent expenditures supporting candidates … Read more

Lean / focus: Cryptocurrency industry Founded: December 2023 Type: Super PAC (with affiliated Defend American Jobs and Protect Progress PACs) 2024 cycle total spending: ~$130 million in independent expenditures (across Fairshake and affiliates) Fairshake is the dominant political vehicle of the U.S. cryptocurrency industry, established in late 2023 and rapidly becoming one of the largest … Read more

Lean / focus: Pro-Israel / bipartisan (in practice, primarily active in Democratic primaries) Founded: 2022 Type: Super PAC 2024 cycle receipts: ~$87 million The United Democracy Project (UDP) is the super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). For most of AIPAC’s history, the organization did not engage directly in candidate elections; … Read more

Lean / focus: Pro-choice Democratic women candidates Founded: 1995 Type: Independent expenditure committee (operates as super PAC for independent spending purposes) Women Vote is the independent expenditure arm of EMILYs List, the country’s largest organization dedicated to electing pro-choice Democratic women to public office. EMILYs List itself, founded in 1985, predates the super PAC era … Read more

Lean / focus: Democratic opposition research and rapid response Founded: 2010 Type: Hybrid PAC (Carey committee) with affiliated 501(c)(4) American Bridge 21st Century occupies an unusual niche among major super PACs: it is primarily an opposition-research and rapid-response operation rather than an advertising powerhouse. Founded in 2010 by Democratic operative David Brock, the group maintains … Read more

Lean / focus: Conservative, free-market / limited government Founded: 2010 Type: Super PAC Top 2024 cycle donors: Jeff Yass, Richard Uihlein, Thomas Klingenstein Club for Growth Action is the super PAC arm of Club for Growth, a free-market and anti-tax advocacy organization. It is one of the oldest super PACs in operation, founded in 2010 … Read more

Lean / focus: Conservative / Koch donor network Founded: 2018 Type: Super PAC 2024 cycle activity: ~$31 million for Nikki Haley; ~$28 million for Republican congressional candidates after her withdrawal Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) is the super PAC arm of the broader Americans for Prosperity organization, the political flagship of the donor network … Read more

Lean / focus: House Democratic leadership Founded: 2011 Type: Hybrid PAC (Carey committee) 2024 cycle spending: ~$196 million House Majority PAC (HMP) is the principal super PAC aligned with Democratic leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives. Founded in 2011 in response to heavy Republican outside spending in the 2010 midterms, HMP focuses on independent … Read more

Lean / focus: House Republican leadership Founded: 2011 Type: Hybrid PAC (Carey committee) 2024 cycle receipts: ~$243 million The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) is the principal super PAC aligned with Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives. Founded in 2011 as the conservative counterpart to House Majority PAC, CLF has been endorsed by every … Read more

Lean / focus: Senate Democratic leadership Founded: 2011 Type: Super PAC 2024 cycle activity: Major spending in competitive Senate races; tens of millions in coordination with affiliated 501(c)(4) Majority Forward Senate Majority PAC (SMP) is the principal super PAC aligned with Democratic leadership in the U.S. Senate. Like its Republican counterpart Senate Leadership Fund, SMP … Read more