Which PACs gave the most to Anthony Gonzalez?

The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action Committee ($15K), Ernst & Young Political Action Committee ($15K), Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Assoc., Inc. Political Action Committee ($13K), Firstenergy Corp. Political Action Committee ($12K), The Home Depot Inc. Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2020.

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Politician

Anthony Gonzalez

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

FEC candidate H8OH16124

Anthony Gonzalez (Republican) raised $2.4M for the 2020 Ohio 16th District race, $1.3M 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

$2.4M

2020

From PAC checks

52%

$1.3M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

52% of Anthony Gonzalez'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	Ohio 16th District	$2.4M	52%	$0 / $0	$6K	$2.4M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

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

Corporate $682KTrade group $254KOther $90KUnion $78KMembership $77KLeadership PAC $66KSuper PAC $3KParty $500

The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$15K
Ernst & Young Political Action CommitteeOtherLobbyist PAC$15K
Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Assoc., Inc. Political Action CommitteeTrade group$13K
Firstenergy Corp. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$12K
The Home Depot Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Mortgage Bankers Association Political Action Committee (Morpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. Political Action Committee (Insurpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
Investment Company Institute Political Action Committee (Ici PAC)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 6 key votes where Anthony Gonzalez had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 4 times (67%). 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	$44K$26K$286K	Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	–	Present
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	$26K	Nay · with industry
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	–	Nay · with industry
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$103K	Nay · against

Their own portfolio

5 stock trades, worth $465K–$1.0M

Reported under the STOCK Act from 4 filings since 2021, including trades by a spouse or dependent child. 2 buys, 3 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($250K+), telecom and media ($50K+), agriculture, food and retail ($15K+).

All traders →

Most traded

AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.$250K+1 trades
GDRX GoodRx Holdings, Inc. - Class A$100K+1 trades
ESTC Elastic N.V. Ordinary Shares$50K+1 trades
CHTR Charter Communications, Inc. - Class A$50K+1 trades
NKE Nike, Inc.$15K+1 trades

Latest trades

sellAMZN2022-06-28 · stock$250K–$500K
buyGDRX2021-03-25 · stock$100K–$250K
sellNKE2021-03-25 · stock$15K–$50K
sellESTC2021-03-05 · stock$50K–$100K
buyCHTR2021-02-01 · stock$50K–$100K

Filings on the House Clerk's site.

The revolving door

1 former aide now lobbying

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

Alejandro CisnerosFormer congressional staff
Leg. Dir, Rep. Young Kim (2021-2025); Dir of Public Policy, Finseca/AALU (2020-2021); Sr. Leg. Asst, Rep. Anthony Gonzalez (2019-2020); Rep. Carlos Curbelo: …
Now lobbies for Mysten Labs, INC., Circle, Coinflip, Pudgy Penguins, INC. · via Invariant 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 Anthony Gonzalez's 2020 campaign?: Anthony Gonzalez (Republican) raised $2.4M for the 2020 Ohio 16th District race, $1.3M 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 Anthony Gonzalez?: The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action Committee ($15K), Ernst & Young Political Action Committee ($15K), Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Assoc., Inc. Political Action Committee ($13K), Firstenergy Corp. Political Action Committee ($12K), The Home Depot Inc. Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2020.