American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education

The PAC of the American Federation of Teachers, an educators', nurses' and public employees' union. Says it champions fairness, democracy and economic opportunity, and works for high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for students, families and communities. (AFT website)

FEC category: Labor union PAC. FEC filings.

Given directly

$2.6 millionto 228 current members of CongressJanuary 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. #31 on this list.
$2.6 millionto 227 Democrats100% of it.
$10,000to 1 independentUnder 1% of it.

From reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Two kinds of money are counted, separately: direct contributions from a PAC's own account to a member's campaign, and bundled (earmarked) gifts: donations from individuals, each earmarked for a particular candidate, that a group collected and forwarded to the campaign. "Received" means the campaign got the money; it doesn't mean the group controls how the member votes. Super PAC spending isn't counted, since it isn't given to a campaign. What's a PAC? · How we count.

Senators who received money (25)

MemberDirect
Angela D. Alsobrooks (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Maryland		$10,000
Tammy Baldwin (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Wisconsin		$10,000
Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Delaware		$10,000
Cory A. Booker (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, New Jersey		$10,000
Christopher A. Coons (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Delaware		$10,000
Ruben Gallego (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Arizona		$10,000
Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, New York		$10,000
Martin Heinrich (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, New Mexico		$10,000
John W. Hickenlooper (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Colorado		$10,000
Mazie K. Hirono (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Hawaii		$10,000
Tim Kaine (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Virginia		$10,000
Andy Kim (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, New Jersey		$10,000
Angus S., Jr. King (Independent)
U.S. Senator, Maine		$10,000
Ben Ray Luján (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, New Mexico		$10,000
Edward J. Markey (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Massachusetts		$10,000
Jeff Merkley (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Oregon		$10,000
Jon Ossoff (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Georgia		$10,000
Jack Reed (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Rhode Island		$10,000
Jacky Rosen (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Nevada		$10,000
Mark R. Warner (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Virginia		$10,000
Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Rhode Island		$10,000
Amy Klobuchar (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Minnesota		$5,000
Adam B. Schiff (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, California		$5,000
Elissa Slotkin (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, Michigan		$5,000
Margaret Wood Hassan (Democrat)
U.S. Senator, New Hampshire		$2,500

Representatives who received money (203)

MemberDirect
Dave Min (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 47		$25,000
Thomas R. Suozzi (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 3		$20,375
Mike Thompson (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 4		$20,000
Josh Harder (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 9		$20,000
Adam Gray (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 13		$20,000
Jimmy Panetta (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 19		$20,000
George Whitesides (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 27		$20,000
Judy Chu (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 28		$20,000
Pete Aguilar (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 33		$20,000
Jimmy Gomez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 34		$20,000
Norma J. Torres (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 35		$20,000
Ted Lieu (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 36		$20,000
Joe Neguse (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Colorado District 2		$20,000
John B. Larson (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Connecticut District 1		$20,000
Joe Courtney (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Connecticut District 2		$20,000
Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Connecticut District 3		$20,000
Jahana Hayes (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Connecticut District 5		$20,000
Lois Frankel (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Florida District 22		$20,000
Frederica S. Wilson (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Florida District 24		$20,000
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Florida District 25		$20,000
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Georgia District 2		$20,000
Nikki Budzinski (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 13		$20,000
Lauren Underwood (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 14		$20,000
Eric Sorensen (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 17		$20,000
Frank J. Mrvan (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Indiana District 1		$20,000
Katherine M. Clark (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Massachusetts District 5		$20,000
Chellie Pingree (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Maine District 1		$20,000
Kristen McDonald Rivet (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Michigan District 8		$20,000
Betty McCollum (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Minnesota District 4		$20,000
Ilhan Omar (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Minnesota District 5		$20,000
Donald G. Davis (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, North Carolina District 1		$20,000
Alma S. Adams (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, North Carolina District 12		$20,000
Donald Norcross (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 1		$20,000
Gabe Vasquez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Mexico District 2		$20,000
Susie Lee (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Nevada District 3		$20,000
Steven Horsford (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Nevada District 4		$20,000
Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 8		$20,000
Patrick Ryan (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 18		$20,000
Josh Riley (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 19		$20,000
Paul Tonko (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 20		$20,000
John W. Mannion (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 22		$20,000
Joseph D. Morelle (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 25		$20,000
Greg Landsman (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Ohio District 1		$20,000
Marcy Kaptur (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Ohio District 9		$20,000
Emilia Strong Sykes (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Ohio District 13		$20,000
Suzanne Bonamici (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Oregon District 1		$20,000
Brendan F. Boyle (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania District 2		$20,000
Summer L. Lee (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania District 12		$20,000
James E. Clyburn (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, South Carolina District 6		$20,000
Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Virginia District 8		$20,000
Suzan K. DelBene (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Washington District 1		$20,000
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Washington District 3		$20,000
Mark Pocan (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Wisconsin District 2		$20,000
Shomari Figures (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Alabama District 2		$17,500
Darren Soto (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Florida District 9		$17,500
Dina Titus (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Nevada District 1		$17,500
Yvette D. Clarke (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 9		$17,500
Linda T. Sánchez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 38		$15,000
Robert Garcia (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 42		$15,000
Derek Tran (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 45		$15,000
Mike Levin (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 49		$15,000
Lucy McBath (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Georgia District 6		$15,000
Ed Case (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Hawaii District 1		$15,000
Delia C. Ramirez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 3		$15,000
Mike Quigley (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 5		$15,000
Janice D. Schakowsky (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 9		$15,000
Richard E. Neal (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Massachusetts District 1		$15,000
Steny H. Hoyer (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Maryland District 5		$15,000
Jared F. Golden (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Maine District 2		$15,000
Chris Pappas (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Hampshire District 1		$15,000
Nellie Pou (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 9		$15,000
Laura Gillen (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 4		$15,000
Grace Meng (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 6		$15,000
Adriano Espaillat (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 13		$15,000
Janelle S. Bynum (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Oregon District 5		$15,000
Andrea Salinas (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Oregon District 6		$15,000
Madeleine Dean (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania District 4		$15,000
Christopher R. Deluzio (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania District 17		$15,000
Lloyd Doggett (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 37		$15,000
Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Virginia District 3		$15,000
Eugene Simon Vindman (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Virginia District 7		$15,000
Becca Balint (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Vermont (at large)		$15,000
Pramila Jayapal (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Washington District 7		$15,000
Kim Schrier (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Washington District 8		$15,000
Terri A. Sewell (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Alabama District 7		$12,500
Yassamin Ansari (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Arizona District 3		$12,500
Nancy Pelosi (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 11		$12,500
Jill N. Tokuda (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Hawaii District 2		$12,500
Robin L. Kelly (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 2		$12,500
Sharice Davids (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Kansas District 3		$12,500
Hillary J. Scholten (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Michigan District 3		$12,500
Deborah K. Ross (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, North Carolina District 2		$12,500
Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 6		$12,500
Ritchie Torres (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 15		$12,500
Val T. Hoyle (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Oregon District 4		$12,500
Veronica Escobar (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 16		$12,500
Greg Casar (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 35		$12,500
Jared Huffman (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 2		$10,000
Lateefah Simon (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 12		$10,000
Kevin Mullin (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 15		$10,000
Laura Friedman (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 30		$10,000
Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 37		$10,000
Maxine Waters (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 43		$10,000
Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 44		$10,000
Sara Jacobs (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 51		$10,000
Juan Vargas (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 52		$10,000
Sarah McBride (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Delaware (at large)		$10,000
Sean Casten (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 6		$10,000
Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Maryland District 2		$10,000
Sarah Elfreth (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Maryland District 3		$10,000
Glenn Ivey (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Maryland District 4		$10,000
Debbie Dingell (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Michigan District 6		$10,000
Angie Craig (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Minnesota District 2		$10,000
Analilia Mejia (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 11		$10,000
Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 12		$10,000
Melanie A. Stansbury (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Mexico District 1		$10,000
Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 5		$10,000
Timothy M. Kennedy (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 26		$10,000
Joyce Beatty (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Ohio District 3		$10,000
Maxine Dexter (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Oregon District 3		$10,000
Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 34		$10,000
Doris O. Matsui (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 7		$7,500
John Garamendi (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 8		$7,500
Zoe Lofgren (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 18		$7,500
Jim Costa (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 21		$7,500
Salud O. Carbajal (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 24		$7,500
Raul Ruiz (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 25		$7,500
Brad Sherman (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 32		$7,500
J. Luis Correa (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 46		$7,500
Kathy Castor (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Florida District 14		$7,500
Jared Moskowitz (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Florida District 23		$7,500
Jonathan L. Jackson (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 1		$7,500
Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 4		$7,500
Danny K. Davis (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 7		$7,500
Bill Foster (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 11		$7,500
André Carson (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Indiana District 7		$7,500
James P. McGovern (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Massachusetts District 2		$7,500
April McClain Delaney (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Maryland District 6		$7,500
Kelly Morrison (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Minnesota District 3		$7,500
Robert Menendez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 8		$7,500
LaMonica McIver (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 10		$7,500
Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Mexico District 3		$7,500
Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 7		$7,500
Jerrold Nadler (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 12		$7,500
Mary Gay Scanlon (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania District 5		$7,500
Chrissy Houlahan (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania District 6		$7,500
Seth Magaziner (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Rhode Island District 2		$7,500
Steve Cohen (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Tennessee District 9		$7,500
Julie Johnson (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 32		$7,500
Suhas Subramanyam (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Virginia District 10		$7,500
Emily Randall (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Washington District 6		$7,500
Jamie Raskin (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Maryland District 8		$6,000
Daniel S. Goldman (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 10		$6,000
Joaquin Castro (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 20		$6,000
Adelita S. Grijalva (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Arizona District 7		$5,000
Ami Bera (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 6		$5,000
Sam T. Liccardo (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 16		$5,000
Julia Brownley (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 26		$5,000
Luz M. Rivas (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 29		$5,000
Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 31		$5,000
Diana DeGette (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Colorado District 1		$5,000
Jason Crow (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Colorado District 6		$5,000
Brittany Pettersen (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Colorado District 7		$5,000
James A. Himes (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Connecticut District 4		$5,000
Maxwell Frost (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Florida District 10		$5,000
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Georgia District 4		$5,000
Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Illinois District 8		$5,000
Troy A. Carter (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Louisiana District 2		$5,000
Lori Trahan (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Massachusetts District 3		$5,000
Jake Auchincloss (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Massachusetts District 4		$5,000
Ayanna Pressley (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Massachusetts District 7		$5,000
William R. Keating (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Massachusetts District 9		$5,000
Kweisi Mfume (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Maryland District 7		$5,000
Haley M. Stevens (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Michigan District 11		$5,000
Rashida Tlaib (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Michigan District 12		$5,000
Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Missouri District 5		$5,000
Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Mississippi District 2		$5,000
Valerie P. Foushee (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, North Carolina District 4		$5,000
Josh Gottheimer (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 5		$5,000
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 14		$5,000
George Latimer (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New York District 16		$5,000
Shontel M. Brown (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Ohio District 11		$5,000
Dwight Evans (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Pennsylvania District 3		$5,000
Lizzie Fletcher (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 7		$5,000
Al Green (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 9		$5,000
Sylvia R. Garcia (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 29		$5,000
Jasmine Crockett (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 30		$5,000
Jennifer L. McClellan (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Virginia District 4		$5,000
Greg Stanton (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Arizona District 4		$2,500
Aisha Wahab (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, California District 14		$2,500
Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democrat)
Delegate, District of Columbia		$2,500
Morgan McGarvey (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Kentucky District 3		$2,500
Stephen F. Lynch (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Massachusetts District 8		$2,500
Shri Thanedar (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Michigan District 13		$2,500
Wesley Bell (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Missouri District 1		$2,500
Maggie Goodlander (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Hampshire District 2		$2,500
Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, New Jersey District 3		$2,500
Gabe Amo (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Rhode Island District 1		$2,500
Marc A. Veasey (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Texas District 33		$2,500
Stacey E. Plaskett (Democrat)
Delegate, U.S. Virgin Islands		$2,500
Rick Larsen (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Washington District 2		$2,500
Adam Smith (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Washington District 9		$2,500
Marilyn Strickland (Democrat)
U.S. Representative, Washington District 10		$2,500

Quick answers

Who does the American Federation of Teachers give money to?
The American Federation of Teachers's PAC gave $2.6 million directly to 228 current members of Congress from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports: 227 Democrats ($2.6 million) and 1 independent ($10,000). The largest amounts went to Dave Min ($25,000), Thomas R. Suozzi ($20,375) and Suzanne Bonamici ($20,000). From FEC filings.
How many members of Congress has the American Federation of Teachers given to?
228 of the 539 current members received money from it (direct or bundled) since January 2023: 25 senators and 203 representatives.
Does the American Federation of Teachers give to Republicans or Democrats?
Directly: 227 Democrats ($2.6 million) and 1 independent ($10,000).
What does the American Federation of Teachers support?
The PAC of the American Federation of Teachers, an educators', nurses' and public employees' union. Says it champions fairness, democracy and economic opportunity, and works for high-quality public education, healthcare and public services for students, families and communities. (AFT website)
What is a PAC?
A political action committee: a group registered with the Federal Election Commission that raises money and spends it on elections, including by giving to candidates. Corporations, labor unions, trade associations and membership groups can sponsor one, which may raise money only from people tied to the sponsor (its employees, members or shareholders, for example). Independent (nonconnected) PACs can raise from the public, and many politicians have a leadership PAC to give to other candidates. In 2025–26 a PAC that gives to several candidates can give each one up to $5,000 per election.
What is a super PAC?
A committee that can raise unlimited sums from individuals, corporations, unions and other PACs, but only to spend independently: ads and other activity not coordinated with a campaign. It doesn't give to campaigns, so super PAC money isn't in the PAC totals here.
What is a bundled (earmarked) donation?
A donation from an individual that a group collects and passes on to the candidate it's earmarked for. Under federal rules it counts as that individual's own contribution (up to $3,500 per election in 2025–26), and the campaign reports it as earmarked through the group. It's separate from the PAC's own direct contributions.

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