Which PACs gave the most to Kurt Schrader?

National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($14K), American Forest & Paper Association Political Action Committee ($13K), Weyerhaeuser Company Political Action Committee ($12K), Verizon Communications, Inc. Political Action Committee (Verizon PAC) ($12K), Problem Solver Democrats ($11K) in 2020.

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Politician

Kurt Schrader

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

FEC candidate H8OR05107

Kurt Schrader (Democrat) raised $2.0M for the 2020 Oregon 5th District race, $1.5M 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

$2.0M

2020

From PAC checks

74%

$1.5M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

74% of Kurt Schrader'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	Oregon 5th District	$2.0M	74%	$0 / $0	$5K	$2.0M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

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

Corporate $730KTrade group $478KMembership $129KOther $122KUnion $61KLeadership PAC $10KSuper PAC $3KParty $109

National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$14K
American Forest & Paper Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$13K
Weyerhaeuser Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$12K
Verizon Communications, Inc. Political Action Committee (Verizon PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$12K
Problem Solver DemocratsOther$11K
Pricewaterhousecoopers Political Action Committee IOtherLobbyist PAC$11K
The Williams Companies, Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
United States Cellular Corporation Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist 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 Kurt Schrader had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 1 time (17%). 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	$26K	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	$83K$267K$30K	Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	–	Nay · with industry
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	$267K	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	$86K	Yea · with industry

The revolving door

2 former aides now lobbying

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

Paul GageFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff, Rep. Kurt Schrader
Now lobbies for Pharmaceutical Research And Manufacturers Of America, American Veterinary Medical Association
Stephen HollandFormer congressional staff
Senior Health Counsel, Health Counsel - House Energy and Commerce Committee (Rep. Frank Pallone); Counsel, Legislative Assistant - Rep. Kurt Schrader
Now lobbies for Novartis, Eli Lilly And Company · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP

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 Kurt Schrader's 2020 campaign?: Kurt Schrader (Democrat) raised $2.0M for the 2020 Oregon 5th District race, $1.5M 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 Kurt Schrader?: National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($14K), American Forest & Paper Association Political Action Committee ($13K), Weyerhaeuser Company Political Action Committee ($12K), Verizon Communications, Inc. Political Action Committee (Verizon PAC) ($12K), Problem Solver Democrats ($11K) in 2020.