political action committee
noun
: a group formed (as by an industry or an issue-oriented organization) to raise and contribute money to the campaigns of candidates likely to advance the group's interests
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The governor received over $3 million in campaign contributions from political action committees.
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Billionaire Elon Musk's political action committee, America PAC, has placed its first-ever nationwide TV ad, a $1 million ad buy that touts President Donald Trump's first few weeks in office following Tuesday's joint address to Congress, a source familiar with the matter told ABC News.
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Will Steakin, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
His mechanic versus the well-monied career politician narrative inspired his new Working Class Heroes Fund, a political action committee that has raised about $500,000 in donations since November to train unions to recruit and support local and national candidates.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Osborn has since launched a political action committee to elect working-class candidates with a message of top vs. bottom, instead of Left vs. Right.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
In 2024, Democrats for Life’s political action committee endorsed 39 candidates; 37 of them won.
—Frank Barry, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Will Steakin, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
His mechanic versus the well-monied career politician narrative inspired his new Working Class Heroes Fund, a political action committee that has raised about $500,000 in donations since November to train unions to recruit and support local and national candidates.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Osborn has since launched a political action committee to elect working-class candidates with a message of top vs. bottom, instead of Left vs. Right.
—Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Feb. 2025
In 2024, Democrats for Life’s political action committee endorsed 39 candidates; 37 of them won.
—Frank Barry, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for political action committee
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“Political action committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20action%20committee. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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