Which PACs gave the most to Jim Cooper?

Ball Corporation Political Action Committee ($11K), Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee ($10K), At&T Inc./Warnermedia LLC Federal Political Action Committee (At&T/Warnermedia Federal PAC) ($10K), Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC ($10K), Ubs Americas Inc. Political Action Committee (Ubs PAC) ($10K) in 2020.

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Politician

Jim Cooper

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

FEC candidate H2TN05131

Jim Cooper (Democrat) raised $940K for the 2020 Tennessee 5th District race, $431K 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

$940K

2020

From PAC checks

46%

$431K 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	Tennessee 5th District	$940K	46%	$0 / $0	$984K	$940K	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

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

Corporate $280KTrade group $60KUnion $55KOther $28KMembership $23KSuper PAC $2KLeadership PAC $1K

Ball Corporation Political Action CommitteeCorporate$11K
Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees' Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
At&T Inc./Warnermedia LLC Federal Political Action Committee (At&T/Warnermedia Federal PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Ubs Americas Inc. Political Action Committee (Ubs PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
L3 Technologies, Inc. PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Triumph Group Inc PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Employees of Raytheon Technologies Corporation PACCorporateLobbyist 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 5 key votes where Jim Cooper had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 2 times (40%). 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	$44K	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	$7K$13K$17K	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	$13K	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	$59K	Yea · with industry

The revolving door

1 former aide now lobbying

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

Mary Bess McWherterFormer congressional staff
Senior Legislative Asst, Rep. Jim Cooper; Protocol Asst, Staff Asst, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Now lobbies for Eastman Chemical Company, Bluecross Blueshield Of Tennessee, INC. · via The Ingram Group LLC

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 Jim Cooper's 2020 campaign?: Jim Cooper (Democrat) raised $940K for the 2020 Tennessee 5th District race, $431K 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 Jim Cooper?: Ball Corporation Political Action Committee ($11K), Lockheed Martin Corporation Employees' Political Action Committee ($10K), At&T Inc./Warnermedia LLC Federal Political Action Committee (At&T/Warnermedia Federal PAC) ($10K), Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC ($10K), Ubs Americas Inc. Political Action Committee (Ubs PAC) ($10K) in 2020.