2014 Outside Spending, by Single-Candidate Super PAC
2014 financial activity for single-candidate super PACs
94 | number of single-candidate super PACs |
$55,003,719 | total raised by single-candidate super PACs |
$51,447,615 | total spent by single-candidate super PACs |
Single-candidate super PACs focus almost exclusively on one candidate, either by advertising in support of that candidate or attacking his or her opponents. Like other super PACs, they can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, so they provide a convenient way for wealthy supporters to contribute large sums to bolster their favored candidate. Though super PACs are supposed to operate independently and refrain from coordinating their strategy with someone running for office, these groups are often created and run by individuals with very close ties to the candidates they support.
for Single-candidate Super PACs
by Group Viewpoint
by Recipient Party
by Disclosure of Group
Group | Independent Expenditures | View* | Supports/Opposes | Total Raised |
---|---|---|---|---|
Put Alaska First PAC | $10,162,987 | L | supports Begich | $8,785,839 |
Kentuckians for Strong Leadership | $6,409,617 | C | supports McConnell | $7,512,736 |
Committee to Elect an Independent Senate | $3,880,563 | L | supports Orman | $726,767 |
Alaska SalmonPAC | $1,924,592 | L | supports Begich | $1,835,156 |
Mississippi Conservatives | $1,837,592 | C | supports Cochran | $3,357,903 |
Virginia Progress PAC | $1,827,248 | L | supports Warner | $2,302,505 |
Arkansas Horizon | $1,805,900 | C | supports Cotton | $858,000 |
Alliance for A Better Minnesota | $1,637,157 | L | supports Franken | $70,575 |
Values Are Vital | $1,416,772 | C | supports Kreegel | $2,688,604 |
Americans For Common Sense | $1,342,574 | C | supports Demos | $1,378,720 |
Americans for Progressive Action | $1,326,826 | C | supports Gomez | $1,701,311 |
Priorities for Iowa | $1,201,276 | C | supports Ernst | $1,220,500 |
Government Integrity Fund Action Network | $1,047,880 | C | supports Cotton | $1,055,000 |
Alaska's Energy / America's Values | $900,349 | C | supports Sullivan | $1,005,100 |
Independent Leadership For New Hampshire | $838,440 | C | supports Brown | $981,000 |
Southern Conservatives Fund | $823,725 | C | supports Kingston | $868,000 |
Californians For Innovation | $762,891 | L | supports Khanna | $480,000 |
American Heartland PAC | $701,502 | C | supports Ernst | $903,000 |
Liberty & Leadership Fund | $692,196 | C | supports Benacquisto | $734,569 |
Kansans Support Problem Solvers | $687,420 | L | supports Orman | $700,000 |
Grow NC Strong | $662,933 | C | supports Tillis | $829,135 |
Georgians Together | $559,856 | L | supports Nunn | $513,500 |
Mobilization Project | $532,445 | L | supports Booker | $652,564 |
New Republican PAC | $507,076 | C | supports Wehby | $1,354,629 |
American Alliance | $506,413 | C | supports Carr | $69,100 |
We Are Kentucky | $440,666 | L | supports Grimes | $877,672 |
New Hampshire Priorities | $424,664 | C | supports Innis | $627,025 |
West Main Street Values | $409,881 | C | supports Graham | $732,583 |
Character Counts PAC | $389,484 | C | supports Wamp | $445,000 |
Campaign for Jobs & Accountability | $369,685 | C | supports Moolenaar | $714,000 |
Building a Better PA | $353,568 | L | supports Boyle | $354,536 |
Freedom Pioneers Action Network | $345,289 | C | supports Osborn | $443,216 |
Our America Fund | $286,879 | C | supports Oberweis | $515,025 |
Kansans for Responsible Government | $266,154 | C | supports Tiahrt | $295,130 |
Bold Agenda PAC | $256,485 | C | supports Carr | $255,000 |
Florida Conservatives United | $218,743 | C | supports Rush | $250,000 |
Georgia One PAC | $216,238 | C | supports Perdue | $125,000 |
US Jobs Council | $215,500 | C | supports Zeldin | $220,000 |
A Bright Future | $213,500 | C | supports Kreegel | $109,980 |
Freedom Frontier Action Network | $201,989 | C | supports Mooney | $133,665 |
Space PAC | $198,410 | L | supports Rothblatt | $425,582 |
Victory California | $163,337 | C | supports Gorell | $150,000 |
Protecting Choice in California | $158,890 | L | supports Brownley | $302,186 |
Pure PAC | $151,503 | C | supports Land | $155,003 |
Ninety Nine Percent | $149,855 | L | supports Lynch | $255,250 |
New Hampshire PAC to Save America | $127,529 | C | supports Rubens | $140,000 |
Visionary Leaders Fund | $126,000 | C | supports Roberts | $81,107 |
If He Votes Like That in Salem | $124,915 | C | opposes Conger | $114,033 |
Democracy Values Fund | $121,834 | C | supports Turner | $136,754 |
Forward Massachusetts | $121,320 | L | supports Moulton | $153,255 |
We Can Do Better PAC | $120,550 | C | supports Gillespie | $140,000 |
Many True Conservatives | $115,916 | C | supports Howie | $0 |
Responsible Leadership For America | $106,634 | C | supports Jorgensen | $223,575 |
Our Voices Matter | $104,500 | L | supports McClelland | $100,000 |
Committee for a Better Massachusetts | $83,326 | C | supports Gomez | $95,700 |
Big Sky Freedom Fund | $83,089 | C | supports Stapleton | $90,000 |
Prescription for America's Future | $77,779 | C | supports Carter | $87,892 |
Conservative Action Cmte | $75,000 | C | supports Curbelo | $61,470 |
Iowa Values | $71,161 | C | supports Ernst | $86,000 |
Ensuring a Conservative Nebraska | $70,900 | C | supports Sasse | $100,000 |
Preserve America's Future | $70,000 | C | supports Tobin | $83,283 |
Committee to Elect a Progressive Congress | $58,246 | L | supports Sciortino | $71,633 |
Southern California Progressives | $55,380 | L | supports Strickland | $40,000 |
Morning in America PAC | $55,000 | C | supports Strickland | $57,500 |
Heartland Campaign Fund | $52,500 | C | supports McFadden | $116,602 |
Principled Conservatives of Colorado | $48,508 | C | supports Kirkmeyer | $0 |
All Citizens for Mississippi | $44,678 | C | supports Cochran | $164,340 |
Alabama Liberty Fund | $40,000 | supports Demarco | $59,000 | |
Strong Economy for Massachusetts | $17,065 | C | supports Tisei | $24 |
Carolina Patriot Alliance | $11,500 | C | supports Voncannon | $29,972 |
Gem State Prosperity Fund | $8,700 | C | supports Simpson | $108,000 |
Women Supporting Cory Gardner | $8,475 | C | supports Gardner | $85,500 |
Human Action Super PAC | $8,388 | C | supports Paul | $15,488 |
Citizens for Responsible Leadership | $8,182 | C | supports Matheny | $2,100 |
Cowboy PAC | $3,590 | C | supports Cheney | $38,500 |
Alaska Priorities | $0 | C | supports Sullivan | $0 |
Georgia Women Vote! | $0 | L | supports Nunn | $0 |
Leadership Oregon Can Trust | $0 | C | supports Wehby | $0 |
Blue Pelican PAC | $0 | L | supports Landrieu | $20,010 |
Cal Voters for Honest Government | $0 | L | supports Baca | $5,100 |
Colorado Priorities | $0 | C | supports Gardner | $0 |
Delta Diamond PAC | $0 | L | supports Pryor | $3,000 |
Freedom's Frontier | $0 | C | supports Treadwell | $800 |
Fund for Louisiana's Future | $0 | C | supports Vitter | $2,391,042 |
Independents for Williamson | $0 | supports Williamson | $0 | |
Iowa Priorities | $0 | C | supports Ernst | $0 |
Louisiana Priorities | $0 | C | supports Cassidy | $0 |
North Carolina Priorities | $0 | C | supports Tillis | $0 |
North Carolina Women Vote! | $0 | L | supports Hagan | $10,000 |
Ready for Warren | $0 | L | supports Warren | $57,961 |
Trivedi Victory Fund 2014 | $0 | L | supports Trivedi | $0 |
Virginia Vision Action PAC | $0 | C | supports Brat | $0 |
Wolfheel PAC | $0 | L | supports Hagan | $5,000 |
Wyoming's Own | $0 | C | supports Enzi | $59,000 |
Based on data released daily by the FEC. Last update on Thursday, November 13, 2014
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