Politician
Debbie Dingell
Democrat · Michigan · ran 4 times since 2020, won 4 · incumbent
FEC candidate H4MI12079
Debbie Dingell (Democrat) raised $1.5M for the 2026 Michigan 6th District race, $910K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $2K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$6.3M
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
58%
$3.6M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$9K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$0
Spent attacking them
58% of Debbie Dingell's campaign money came from PAC checks, not from people. That is one of the heaviest reliances on organized 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Michigan 6th District | $1.5M | 60% | $2K / $0 | $400 | $1.5M | ✓ Won |
| 2024 | Michigan 6th District | $1.6M | 62% | $1K / $0 | – | $1.6M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Michigan 6th District | $1.6M | 52% | $5K / $0 | – | $1.6M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Michigan 12th District | $1.6M | 58% | $500 / $0 | – | $1.6M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $1.5MTrade group $710KUnion $663KMembership $402KOther $223KSuper PAC $40KLeadership PAC $5K
- Cms Energy Corporation Employees for Better Government- FederalCorporateLobbyist PAC$40K
- General Motors Company Political Action Committee (Gm PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$30K
- National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (Nabpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$23K
- National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
- International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PACUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- Dte Energy Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Toyota Motor North America, Inc Political Action Committee (Toyota/Lexus PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- American Association for Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)MembershipLobbyist PAC$20K
- Basf Corporation Employees Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- Rock Holdings Inc. PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$12K
- D.R.I.V.E. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (the PAC of the Int'l Brhd of Teamsters)Union$10K
- American Hospital Association PACTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Supermajority PACfor $5K
- United We Canfor $2K
- Arab American Political Action Committeefor $1K
- Aft Solidarityfor $500
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 26 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 6 times (23%). 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.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $42K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | $933K | Nay · with industry |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $545K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $232K$40K | Nay · againstNay · with industry |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $232K | Nay · against |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $39K | Nay · against |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $545K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $40K | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $42K | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $40K$64K | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $64K | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $40K | Nay · against |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $64K | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $40K | Nay · against |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Nay · against |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | Present / not voting |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $23K | Present / not voting |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $209K | Nay · against |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $347K | Nay · with industry |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $23K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $8K | 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 | $28K | Nay · against |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $28K | 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 | $15K$123K$19K | 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 | $123K | Yea · against |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $177K | Yea · with industry |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 7 of 7 key votes (100%)
On 4 votes, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 0 times and with their constituents 4. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 63% support ±16MI-06 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $40K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 53% support ±16MI-06 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $40K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea$64K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | NayVoters split |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 31% support ±15MI-06 · wanted Nay · CES 2024 · related question | $28K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayVoters over funders |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 31% support ±15MI-06 · wanted Nay · CES 2024 · related question | $28K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | NayVoters over funders |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 78% support ±10MI-12 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | $15K Oil, gas and coal wanted nay$123K Pharma and health care wanted nay$19K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 70% support ±11MI-12 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 85% support ±3Michigan (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 92% support ±7MI-12 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $123K Pharma and health care wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 94% support ±2Michigan (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
Household disclosures
57 reported transactions, with volume $933K–$2.8M
Reconciled electronic STOCK Act reports from 34 filings since 2021, covering all reported asset types and transactions by a spouse or dependent child. 22 buys, 25 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($141K+), wall street and hedge funds ($76K+), defense contractors ($65K+).
Most traded
- AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock$111K+6 trades
- HONAV Honeywell Aerospace Inc. - Common Stock$65K+2 trades
- ABBV AbbVie Inc.$50K+1 trades
- BX Blackstone Inc.$30K+2 trades
- DIS Walt Disney Company$17K+3 trades
- VIAC ViacomCBS Inc. - Class B$16K+2 trades
- GOOG Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock$15K+1 trades
- HON Honeywell International Inc.$15K+1 trades
Latest trades
- buyFHLMC 30 YR GOLD RQ01282026-07-14 · government bond$15K–$50K
- exchangeHONAV2026-06-29 · stock$50K–$100K
- exchangeHONAV2026-06-29 · stock$15K–$50K
- buyFEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION PO2026-05-26 · corporate bond$50K–$100K
- buyPTA2026-04-21 · stock$1K–$15K
- buyMICHIGAN ST HSG DEV AUTH SINGLE FAMILY M2026-04-21 · government bond · joint$15K–$50K
- exchangeWAT2026-02-10 · stock$1K–$15K
- exchangeVSNT2026-01-05 · other$1K–$15K
Filings on the House Clerk's site.
The revolving door
1 former aide now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Debbie Dingell'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.
Gregory SunstrumFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff , Rep. Debbie Dingell; Deputy Chief of Staff and Leg. Director, Rep. Debbie Dingell ; Leg. Director, Rep. John Dingell; Leg. Assistant, Rep. J…
Now lobbies for Eli Lilly And Company, Credit Union National Association, INC. Dba Americas Credit Unions, Novartis, National Multifamily Housing Council and 3 more · via Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Debbie Dingell's 2026 campaign?
- Debbie Dingell (Democrat) raised $1.5M for the 2026 Michigan 6th District race, $910K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $2K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Debbie Dingell?
- Cms Energy Corporation Employees for Better Government- Federal ($10K), National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($10K), D.R.I.V.E. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (the PAC of the Int'l Brhd of Teamsters) ($10K), International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC ($10K), Dte Energy Company Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2026.
- Which super PACs spent on Debbie Dingell's race?
- United We Can ($2K for) in 2026.
- How much has Debbie Dingell raised across elections?
- $1.5M in 2026, $1.6M in 2024, $1.6M in 2022, $1.6M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.