Which PACs gave the most to Bobby L. Rush?

Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada) ($10K), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee ($10K), At&T Inc./Warnermedia LLC Federal Political Action Committee (At&T/Warnermedia Federal PAC) ($10K), Dominion Energy, Inc. Political Action Committee - Dominion PAC ($10K), Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC ($10K) in 2020.

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Politician

Bobby L. Rush

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

FEC candidate H2IL01042

Bobby L. Rush (Democrat) raised $546K for the 2020 Illinois 1st District race, $467K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.

Raised, all runs

$546K

2020

From PAC checks

85%

$467K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

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	Illinois 1st District	$546K	85%	$0 / $0	–	$546K	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

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

Corporate $190KUnion $91KMembership $85KTrade group $71KOther $26KSuper PAC $4KLeadership PAC $4K

Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada)UnionLobbyist PAC$10K
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action CommitteeUnion$10K
At&T Inc./Warnermedia LLC Federal Political Action Committee (At&T/Warnermedia Federal PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Dominion Energy, Inc. Political Action Committee - Dominion PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PACUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
Exelon Corporation Political Action Committee (Exelon PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Lowe's Companies, Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporate$10K
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Action Committee for Rural Electrification (Acre)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$10K

Outside money, for and against

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

No outside spending of note.

The payback

How they voted on their funders' bills

On the 4 key votes where Bobby L. Rush had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 1 time (25%). 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	$10K	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	$24K$64K–	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	$64K	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	$96K	Yea · with industry

The revolving door

2 former aides now lobbying

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

Timothy RobinsonFormer congressional staff
Chief Counsel, House Energy & Commerce Committee (2015-2022); LD & Senior Policy Counsel, Rep. Rush (2012-2015); House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, & Con…
Now lobbies for Cigna Corporation And Subsidiaries, Astrazeneca, Information Technology Industry Council · via Tiber Creek Group
Nishith PandyaFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-IL 1) (2007-2023); Intern, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (2005)
Now lobbies for American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network 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 Bobby L. Rush's 2020 campaign?: Bobby L. Rush (Democrat) raised $546K for the 2020 Illinois 1st District race, $467K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Bobby L. Rush?: Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada) ($10K), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee ($10K), At&T Inc./Warnermedia LLC Federal Political Action Committee (At&T/Warnermedia Federal PAC) ($10K), Dominion Energy, Inc. Political Action Committee - Dominion PAC ($10K), Laborers' International Union of North America (Liuna) PAC ($10K) in 2020.