Which PACs gave the most to Brian Higgins?

Int'l Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers ($15K), Morgan Stanley Political Action Committee ($10K), Air Line Pilots Association PAC ($10K), The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action Committee ($10K), International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League ($10K) in 2022.

How much has Brian Higgins raised across elections?

$1.5M in 2022, $1.1M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.

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Politician

Brian Higgins

Democrat · New York · ran 2 times since 2020, won 2 · incumbent

FEC candidate H4NY27076

Brian Higgins (Democrat) raised $1.5M for the 2022 New York 26th District race, $920K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). They won.

Raised, all cycles

$2.7M

2022, 2020; counted once per cycle

From PAC checks

65%

$1.7M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

65% of Brian Higgins'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 election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.

Cycle	Race	Raised	PAC share	Outside for / against	Google ads	All money	Result
2022	New York 26th District	$1.5M	60%	$0 / $0	–	$1.5M	✓ Won
2020	New York 26th 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 $649KTrade group $381KUnion $357KMembership $223KOther $79KLeadership PAC $18KSuper PAC $13K

Int'l Union of Bricklayers and Allied CraftworkersUnionLobbyist PAC$25K
Morgan Stanley Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
Air Line Pilots Association PACUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
American Chiropractic Association Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$20K
The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action LeagueUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
Lpl Financial LLC Political Action Committee (Lpl PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
General Motors Company Political Action Committee (Gm PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
General Mills, Inc. 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.

Funding and votes

How their votes align with industry funding

Across 11 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 3 times (27%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.

All issues →

Vote	Industry	Their money from it	Voted
Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177	Labor unions wanted nay	$376K	Nay · with industry
NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118	Defense contractors wanted yea	$28K	Yea · with industry
Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196	Pro-Israel groups wanted yea	$10K	Nay · against
Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210	Gun lobby wanted yea	$0	Nay · against
Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$21K	Nay · against
Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205	Oil, gas and coal wanted yea	$21K	Nay · against
Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184	Tech and AI wanted nay	$17K	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	$21K$189K$184K	Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	$0	Yea · against
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193	Gun lobby wanted nay	$0	Yea · against
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$189K	Yea · against
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	$0	Yea · against
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$376K	Yea · with industry

Household disclosures

3 reported transactions, with volume $45K–$150K

Reconciled electronic STOCK Act reports from 2 filings since 2021, covering all reported asset types and transactions by a spouse or dependent child. 1 buys, 2 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($30K+).

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Most traded

MU Micron Technology, Inc.$15K+1 trades
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation$15K+1 trades
ANY Sphere 3D Corp. - Common Shares$15K+1 trades

Latest trades

sellMU2020-09-04 · stock$15K–$50K
buyNVDA2020-09-04 · stock$15K–$50K
sellANY2020-09-04 · stock$15K–$50K

Filings on the House Clerk's site.

The revolving door

2 former aides now lobbying

Lobbyists who list a job in Brian Higgins's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A listed former position does not establish contact with that office.

Leslie BradyFormer congressional staff
Health Policy Advisor/Legislative Assistant, Rep. Brian Higgins
Now lobbies for National Bleeding Disorder Foundation (fka National Hemophilia Foundation), Susan G. Komen · via Artemis Policy Group LLC
Matthew FeryFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff, Rep. Brian Higgins (2017-2024); Health Insurance Specialist, CMS (2016-2017); Legislative Counsel, Rep. Brian Higgins (2006-2013)
Now lobbies for Cigna Corporation, The Campbell'S Company · 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 Brian Higgins's 2022 campaign?: Brian Higgins (Democrat) raised $1.5M for the 2022 New York 26th District race, $920K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Brian Higgins?: Int'l Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers ($15K), Morgan Stanley Political Action Committee ($10K), Air Line Pilots Association PAC ($10K), The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action Committee ($10K), International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Political Action League ($10K) in 2022.
How much has Brian Higgins raised across elections?: $1.5M in 2022, $1.1M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.