Union Profile:

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES / AFSCME

Total
$167,820,756
Total political spending by the union
Federal
$61,003,810
Total political spending at the federal level
State
$106,816,947
Total political spending at the state level
Political Spending by Year
Year Amount
2024 $2,384,200
2023 $3,542,373
2022 $17,664,901
2021 $5,549,923
2020 $9,497,161
2019 $3,696,919
2018 $15,140,606
2017 $7,213,250
2016 $17,562,497
2015 $2,312,027
2014 $11,174,458
2013 $3,364,776
2012 $16,841,098
2011 $7,423,240
2010 $13,426,442
2009 $6,153,927
2008 $5,829,484
2007 $1,801,855
2006 $3,623,736
2005 $1,836,283
2004 $3,538,633
2003 $2,070,298
2002 $3,586,414
2001 $1,104,889
2000 $1,245,818
1999 $90,350
1998 $1,000
1997 $700
Not all political donations in our data sets include dates. This may result in discrepancies between spending listed on this chart and total spending.
Partisan Spending
Democratic: $118,115,955 (97.3%)
Republican: $3,337,217 (2.7%)
Any spending not identified as Republican or Democrat is either non-partisan, third party, or unknown. Ballot initiative spending was not assigned to political parties and is not included in this chart.

Top Locals by Political Spending

Local Total political spending by local
1 CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION / CSEA $28,993,545
2 OHIO ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES $15,730,090
3 ILLINOIS AFSCME COUNCIL 31 $14,630,482
4 AFSCME OREGON COUNCIL 75 $9,495,412
5 AFSCME COUNCIL 13 $8,586,964
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Top Federal Candidates Receiving Contributions

Candidate Party Total contributions to candidate
1 BENNIE G THOMPSON Democratic $97,500
2 NANCY PELOSI Democratic $90,000
3 JAMES E (JIM) CLYBURN Democratic $90,000
4 STENY H HOYER Democratic $90,000
5 ROSA L DELAURO Democratic $87,500
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Top State Candidates Receiving Contributions

Candidate Party State Total contributions to candidate
1 TERENCE RICHARD (TERRY) MCAULIFFE Democratic Virginia $1,562,168
2 CHRISTOPHER A (CHRIS) KOSTER Democratic, Republican Missouri $1,430,000
3 THOMAS W (TOM) WOLF & JOHN K FETTERMAN Democratic Pennsylvania $1,408,074
4 JOSHUA D (JOSH) SHAPIRO Democratic Pennsylvania $1,285,000
5 GRAY DAVIS Democratic California $1,101,927
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