Which PACs gave the most to Val Demings?

Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - Federal ($10K), Ernst & Young Political Action Committee ($10K), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee ($10K), L3harris Technologies, Inc. PAC ($10K), Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC ($10K) in 2020.

Which super PACs spent on Val Demings's race?

Americans for Police and Trooper Safety ($52K for), Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) ($3K for), Win Justice ($40 for) in 2020.

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Politician

Val Demings

Democrat · Florida · ran 1 time since 2020, won 1 · incumbent

FEC candidate H2FL08063

Val Demings (Democrat) raised $1.9M for the 2020 Florida 10th District race, $778K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $55K for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.

Raised, all runs

$1.9M

2020

From PAC checks

41%

$778K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

$55K

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

41% of Val Demings's campaign money came from PAC checks, not from people. That is one of the heaviest reliances on organised money in Congress.

Every run

Each general election, with the money behind it and the result.

Cycle	Race	Raised	PAC share	Outside for / against	Google ads	All money	Result
2020	Florida 10th District	$1.9M	41%	$55K / $0	$13K	$1.9M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.

Corporate $264KUnion $117KTrade group $77KOther $41KMembership $38KSuper PAC $6KLeadership PAC $3K

Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - FederalCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Ernst & Young Political Action CommitteeOtherLobbyist PAC$10K
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action CommitteeUnion$10K
L3harris Technologies, Inc. PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PACUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
Charter Communications Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Guidewell Mutual Holding Corporation Political Action Committee (Guidewell PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action LeagueUnionLobbyist PAC$10K

Outside money, for and against

Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.

Americans for Police and Trooper Safetyfor $52K
Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education)for $3K
Win Justicefor $40

The payback

How they voted on their funders' bills

On the 5 key votes where Val Demings had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 1 time (20%). Money is PAC checks plus credited super PAC support across every run since 2020; “with industry” is the vote the industry lobbied for.

All issues →

Vote	Industry	Their money from it	Voted
Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184	Tech and AI wanted nay	$29K	Yea · against
Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207	Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay	$1$53K$38K	Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	–	Yea · against
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193	Gun lobby wanted nay	–	Yea · against
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$53K	Yea · against
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	–	Yea · against
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$118K	Yea · with industry

The revolving door

3 former aides now lobbying

Lobbyists who list a job in Val Demings's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A former staffer gets the meeting.

Daniel GomezFormer congressional staff
Legislative Aide, Senator Deb Fischer; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Deb Fischer; Staff Assistant, Senator Deb Fischer; Press Fellow, Rep. Val Demings
Now lobbies for Google Client Services Fka Google Cloud, Charter Communications Operating, LLC, Ripple Labs INC., Elevance Health · via Continental Strategy, LLC, Fgs Global (us) LLC (fka Fgh Holdings LLC)
Chyna MeltonFormer congressional staff
Special Advisor, CISA 2021-2022; Legislative Aide, Office of Rep. Cedric Richmond 2018-2021; Digital Press Secretary, Office of Rep. Val Demings 2018; Legisl…
Now lobbies for Coinbase, INC., Google Client Services · via The Madison Group
Carlos MedinaFormer congressional staff
Executive Assistant and Staff Assistant, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology; Staff Assistant, Rep. Val Demings; Intern, Rep. Darren Soto
Now lobbies for Axiom Space, INC.

The revolving door, industry by industry →

Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.

Questions people ask

Who funded Val Demings's 2020 campaign?: Val Demings (Democrat) raised $1.9M for the 2020 Florida 10th District race, $778K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $55K for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Val Demings?: Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - Federal ($10K), Ernst & Young Political Action Committee ($10K), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee ($10K), L3harris Technologies, Inc. PAC ($10K), Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC ($10K) in 2020.
Which super PACs spent on Val Demings's race?: Americans for Police and Trooper Safety ($52K for), Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) ($3K for), Win Justice ($40 for) in 2020.