Which PACs gave the most to David B. McKinley?

Air Line Pilots Association PAC ($12K), Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC ($11K), International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC ($10K), Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners ($10K), Firstenergy Corp. Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2020.

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Politician

David B. McKinley

Republican · West Virginia · ran 1 time since 2020, won 1 · incumbent

FEC candidate H0WV01072

David B. McKinley (Republican) raised $1.1M for the 2020 West Virginia 1st District race, $787K 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

$1.1M

2020

From PAC checks

72%

$787K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

72% of David B. McKinley'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	West Virginia 1st District	$1.1M	72%	$0 / $0	–	$1.1M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

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

Corporate $251KUnion $211KTrade group $139KMembership $94KOther $67KLeadership PAC $25KSuper PAC $11K

Air Line Pilots Association PACUnionLobbyist PAC$12K
Republican Mainstreet Partnership PACOther$11K
International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PACUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoinersUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
Firstenergy Corp. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
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
Republican Governance Group/Tuesday Group PACOther$10K
United Mine Workers of America - Coal Miners Political Action CommitteeUnion$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 David B. McKinley had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 3 times (75%). 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	$5K	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	$50K$67K$3K	Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	$1K	Nay · with industry
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193	Gun lobby wanted nay	$1K	Nay · with industry
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$67K	Nay · with industry
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	$1K	Nay · with industry
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$233K	Nay · against

Their own portfolio

48 stock trades, worth $285K–$1.2M

Reported under the STOCK Act from 9 filings since 2021, including trades by a spouse or dependent child. 18 buys, 30 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($67K+), agriculture, food and retail ($54K+), insurance ($3K+).

All traders →

Most traded

ANTM Anthem, Inc.$50K+1 trades
SYY Sysco Corporation$50K+1 trades
RPM RPM International Inc.$31K+3 trades
CERN Cerner Corporation$31K+3 trades
ATVI Activision Blizzard, Inc$16K+2 trades
AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc.$16K+2 trades
ROP Roper Technologies, Inc.$16K+2 trades
KMX CarMax Inc$2K+2 trades

Latest trades

sellABT2022-09-21 · stock$1K–$15K
buyAJG2022-09-21 · stock$1K–$15K
sellKMX2022-09-21 · stock$1K–$15K
buyCNC2022-09-21 · stock$1K–$15K
sellSPGI2022-09-21 · stock$1K–$15K
sellSWK2022-09-21 · stock$1K–$15K
buyTSLA2022-09-21 · stock$1K–$15K
buyGWW2022-09-21 · stock$1K–$15K

Filings on the House Clerk's site.

The revolving door

2 former aides now lobbying

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

Sydney PettitFormer congressional staff
Sen. Capito: Leg Asst (6/19-12/21); Rep. David McKinley: Staff Asst (7/16-1/1/17); Leg Correspondent (1/17-8/17); Leg Aide (8/17-4/18); Leg Asst (4/18-6/19)
Now lobbies for Verizon Communications INC And Various Subsidiaries
Audrey SmithFormer congressional staff
Legislative Assistant 8/1/2012 - 4/10/2015;U.S. House of Representatives Office of Congressman David B. McKinley. Deputy Legislative Director, 2/12/2019 - 1/…
Now lobbies for American Hospital Association

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 David B. McKinley's 2020 campaign?: David B. McKinley (Republican) raised $1.1M for the 2020 West Virginia 1st District race, $787K 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 David B. McKinley?: Air Line Pilots Association PAC ($12K), Republican Mainstreet Partnership PAC ($11K), International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC ($10K), Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners ($10K), Firstenergy Corp. Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2020.