Which PACs gave the most to Ed Perlmutter?

Mortgage Bankers Association Political Action Committee (Morpac) ($15K), National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($13K), Culac the PAC of Credit Union National Association ($11K), The Travelers Companies, Inc. Political Action Committee (T-PAC) ($10K), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2020.

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Politician

Ed Perlmutter

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

FEC candidate H6CO07023

Ed Perlmutter (Democrat) raised $1.6M for the 2020 Colorado 7th District race, $1.1M 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

$1.6M

2020

From PAC checks

65%

$1.1M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

65% of Ed Perlmutter'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	Colorado 7th District	$1.6M	65%	$0 / $0	$9K	$1.6M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

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

Corporate $574KTrade group $216KUnion $115KOther $81KMembership $65KLeadership PAC $10KSuper PAC $1K

Mortgage Bankers Association Political Action Committee (Morpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$15K
National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$13K
Culac the PAC of Credit Union National AssociationTrade groupLobbyist PAC$11K
The Travelers Companies, Inc. Political Action Committee (T-PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action CommitteeUnion$10K
Nelnet Inc PAC (Nelnet PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - FederalCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. Political Action CommitteeTrade 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 5 key votes where Ed Perlmutter had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 1 time (20%). 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	$32K	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	$6K$15K$215K	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	$15K	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	$131K	Yea · with industry

Their own portfolio

29 stock trades, worth $29K–$435K

Reported under the STOCK Act from 10 filings since 2021, including trades by a spouse or dependent child. 13 buys, 16 sells. Heaviest in agriculture, food and retail ($9K+), tech and ai ($8K+), wall street and hedge funds ($3K+).

All traders →

Most traded

F Ford Motor Company$4K+4 trades
AAPL Apple Inc.$3K+3 trades
CHPT ChargePoint Holdings, Inc.$3K+3 trades
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation$3K+3 trades
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. New$3K+3 trades
BABA Alibaba group Holding limited American Depositary Shares eac$3K+3 trades
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc.$2K+2 trades
COIN Coinbase global, Inc. - Class A$2K+2 trades

Latest trades

buyAMZN2022-11-10 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
buyAAPL2022-11-10 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
buyCHPT2022-11-10 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
buyCOST2022-11-10 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
sellCHPT2022-11-01 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
buyCHPT2022-09-02 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
buyKR2022-07-19 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K
sellAAPL2022-05-20 · stock · spouse$1K–$15K

Filings on the House Clerk's site.

The revolving door

2 former aides now lobbying

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

Noah MarineFormer congressional staff
Leg. Dir, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (2013-2017); Leg. Asst, Rep. Ed Perlmutter (2011-2013)
Now lobbies for Payward INC D/b/a Kraken, Circle, Coinflip, Flexa INC. and 5 more · via Invariant LLC
Amanda SlaterFormer congressional staff
Senior Policy Advisor, Senator Tom Carper; Deputy Legislative Director, Rep. Ed Perlmutter; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Ellen Tauscher.
Now lobbies for Jpmorgan Chase Holdings LLC, Mastercard Worldwide, The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC, Coinbase, INC. · via Rich Feuer Anderson

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 Ed Perlmutter's 2020 campaign?: Ed Perlmutter (Democrat) raised $1.6M for the 2020 Colorado 7th District race, $1.1M 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 Ed Perlmutter?: Mortgage Bankers Association Political Action Committee (Morpac) ($15K), National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($13K), Culac the PAC of Credit Union National Association ($11K), The Travelers Companies, Inc. Political Action Committee (T-PAC) ($10K), International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2020.