Which PACs gave the most to Rodney Davis?

Abbott Laboratories Employee Political Action Committee ($16K), National Electrical Contractors Association Political Action Committee (Necapac) ($15K), Exelon Corporation Political Action Committee (Exelon PAC) ($15K), Votesane PAC ($13K), Winred ($11K) in 2020.

Which super PACs spent on Rodney Davis's race?

House Majority PAC ($3.4M against), DCCC ($2.7M against), Women Vote! ($254K against) in 2020.

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Politician

Rodney Davis

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

FEC candidate H2IL13120

Rodney Davis (Republican) raised $5.0M for the 2020 Illinois 13th District race, $2.9M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $269K for and $6.5M against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.

Raised, all runs

$5.0M

2020

From PAC checks

57%

$2.9M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

$269K

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

$6.5M

Spent attacking them

57% of Rodney Davis'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	Illinois 13th District	$5.0M	57%	$269K / $6.5M	$2K	$12M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

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

Corporate $1.0MTrade group $666KLeadership PAC $362KOther $229KUnion $184KMembership $182KSuper PAC $28K

Abbott Laboratories Employee Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$16K
National Electrical Contractors Association Political Action Committee (Necapac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$15K
Exelon Corporation Political Action Committee (Exelon PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$15K
Votesane PACOther$13K
WinredSuper PAC$11K
American Optometric Association Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$11K
The Williams Companies, Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
The Home Depot Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K

Outside money, for and against

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

House Majority PACagainst $3.4M
DCCCagainst $2.7M
Women Vote!against $254K
Congressional Leadership Fundfor $120K · against $13K
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Separate Segregated Fund (Crna-PAC)for $86K

The payback

How they voted on their funders' bills

On the 6 key votes where Rodney Davis had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 5 times (83%). 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	$36K	Nay · with industry
Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207	Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay	$82K$170K$125K	Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	$5K	Nay · with industry
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193	Gun lobby wanted nay	$5K	Nay · with industry
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$170K	Nay · with industry
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	$5K	Nay · with industry
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$233K	Nay · against

The revolving door

3 former aides now lobbying

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

Jennifer DaulbyFormer congressional staff
Staff Director, House Administration Committee, Asst to Rep. Rodney Davis; Chief of Staff, Rep. Rodney Davis; Legislative Counsel, Rep. Steve Chabot; Associa…
Now lobbies for Pfizer INC, Cme Group, INC., Verizon Communications INC And Various Subsidiaries, American Petroleum Institute · via Ogr
Bret ManleyFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff, Rep. Rodney Davis 19-22; Chief of Staff, Rep. Jeff Denham 17-18; Legislative Director, Rep. Jeff Denham 11-17; Financial Services Policy Advi…
Now lobbies for Microsoft Corporation, General Electric Company · via Elevate Government Affairs, LLC
Ricardo BernalFormer congressional staff
Congressman Rodney Davis, Senior Advisor; Congressman Stevan Pearce, Press Secretary/Senior Legislative Assistant
Now lobbies for Westinghouse Electric Company

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 Rodney Davis's 2020 campaign?: Rodney Davis (Republican) raised $5.0M for the 2020 Illinois 13th District race, $2.9M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $269K for and $6.5M against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Rodney Davis?: Abbott Laboratories Employee Political Action Committee ($16K), National Electrical Contractors Association Political Action Committee (Necapac) ($15K), Exelon Corporation Political Action Committee (Exelon PAC) ($15K), Votesane PAC ($13K), Winred ($11K) in 2020.
Which super PACs spent on Rodney Davis's race?: House Majority PAC ($3.4M against), DCCC ($2.7M against), Women Vote! ($254K against) in 2020.