Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2010
From OpenSecrets.org LEGEND:  Republican  Democrat  On the fence
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| = Between 40% and 59% to both parties
= Leans Dem/Repub (60%-69%)
= Strongly Dem/Repub (70%-89%)
= Solidly Dem/Repub (over 90%) |
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| 1 | ActBlue | $51,552,980 | 99% | 0% | |
| 2 | American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees | $45,037,993 | 94% | 1% | |
| 3 | AT&T Inc | $40,800,955 | 45% | 54% | |
| 4 | National Assn of Realtors | $39,494,410 | 47% | 49% | |
| 5 | National Education Assn | $36,188,345 | 81% | 5% | |
| 6 | Service Employees International Union | $35,854,539 | 78% | 2% | |
| 7 | American Assn for Justice | $33,664,771 | 89% | 8% | |
| 8 | Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers | $32,920,954 | 97% | 2% | |
| 9 | Laborers Union | $31,183,767 | 89% | 7% | |
| 10 | American Federation of Teachers | $31,021,128 | 90% | 0% | |
| 11 | Teamsters Union | $30,365,809 | 89% | 6% | |
| 12 | Carpenters & Joiners Union | $30,279,187 | 86% | 9% | |
| 13 | Communications Workers of America | $29,221,953 | 95% | 0% | |
| 14 | American Medical Assn | $27,285,290 | 39% | 59% | |
| 15 | United Auto Workers | $27,104,457 | 98% | 0% | |
| 16 | United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $26,596,859 | 93% | 0% | |
| 17 | National Auto Dealers Assn | $26,391,892 | 32% | 67% | |
| 18 | Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union | $26,177,624 | 98% | 0% | |
| 19 | United Parcel Service | $24,208,953 | 37% | 62% | |
| 20 | American Bankers Assn | $23,810,244 | 39% | 59% | |
| 21 | National Assn of Home Builders | $23,267,414 | 36% | 63% | |
| 22 | National Beer Wholesalers Assn | $22,918,532 | 33% | 66% | |
| 23 | Altria Group | $22,783,164 | 26% | 73% | |
| 24 | National Assn of Letter Carriers | $21,899,393 | 85% | 10% | |
| 25 | Goldman Sachs | $19,923,360 | 61% | 38% | |
| 26 | AFL-CIO | $19,284,610 | 92% | 4% | |
| 27 | Credit Union National Assn | $18,609,111 | 48% | 50% | |
| 28 | Sheet Metal Workers Union | $18,373,848 | 95% | 1% | |
| 29 | International Assn of Fire Fighters | $18,319,407 | 79% | 17% | |
| 30 | National Rifle Assn | $18,212,571 | 17% | 81% | |
| 31 | Plumbers & Pipefitters Union | $17,576,385 | 94% | 4% | |
| 32 | FedEx Corp | $17,396,597 | 41% | 58% | |
| 33 | American Dental Assn | $17,215,246 | 46% | 52% | |
| 34 | Operating Engineers Union | $17,023,932 | 85% | 14% | |
| 35 | American Hospital Assn | $16,801,277 | 53% | 46% | |
| 36 | Lockheed Martin | $16,586,664 | 44% | 55% | |
| 37 | Air Line Pilots Assn | $16,562,447 | 84% | 15% | |
| 38 | Verizon Communications | $16,523,709 | 39% | 60% | |
| 39 | Citigroup Inc | $16,489,577 | 46% | 52% | |
| 40 | Natl Assn/Insurance & Financial Advisors | $16,031,099 | 42% | 57% | |
| 41 | Microsoft Corp | $15,311,036 | 46% | 52% | |
| 42 | AFLAC Inc | $14,901,852 | 45% | 54% | |
| 43 | General Electric | $14,897,302 | 48% | 51% | |
| 44 | United Steelworkers | $14,522,151 | 99% | 0% | |
| 45 | United Transportation Union | $14,455,860 | 88% | 10% | |
| 46 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | $14,422,635 | 47% | 52% | |
| 47 | Blue Cross/Blue Shield | $14,218,115 | 39% | 60% | |
| 48 | Ironworkers Union | $14,078,448 | 92% | 6% | |
| 49 | Union Pacific Corp | $13,875,360 | 25% | 74% | |
| 50 | Bank of America | $13,699,200 | 45% | 54% | |
| 51 | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | $13,427,680 | 33% | 66% | |
| 52 | American Postal Workers Union | $13,327,303 | 96% | 3% | |
| 53 | American Institute of CPAs | $13,325,335 | 42% | 57% | |
| 54 | Ernst & Young | $13,202,570 | 44% | 55% | |
| 55 | National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn | $13,009,705 | 51% | 48% | |
| 56 | Time Warner | $12,993,890 | 67% | 32% | |
| 57 | Boeing Co | $12,821,405 | 46% | 53% | |
| 58 | Reynolds American | $12,813,884 | 24% | 75% | |
| 59 | Pfizer Inc | $12,766,762 | 30% | 69% | |
| 60 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | $12,621,542 | 37% | 62% | |
| 61 | Morgan Stanley | $11,898,925 | 44% | 55% | |
| 62 | National Air Traffic Controllers Assn | $11,686,338 | 80% | 18% | |
| 63 | Northrop Grumman | $11,519,450 | 43% | 56% | |
| 64 | BellSouth Corp | $11,512,059 | 46% | 53% | |
| 65 | Natl Active & Retired Fed Employees Assn | $11,266,500 | 77% | 21% | |
| 66 | General Dynamics | $11,167,303 | 47% | 52% | |
| 67 | Anheuser-Busch | $11,087,967 | 48% | 51% | |
| 68 | GlaxoSmithKline | $10,490,039 | 29% | 70% | |
| 69 | National Restaurant Assn | $10,366,295 | 16% | 83% | |
| 70 | Honeywell International | $10,262,397 | 47% | 52% | |
| 71 | Human Rights Campaign | $10,259,871 | 90% | 9% | |
| 72 | Associated Builders & Contractors | $10,181,421 | 1% | 98% | |
| 73 | Chevron | $10,100,048 | 24% | 74% | |
| 74 | Raytheon Co | $10,036,943 | 47% | 52% | |
| 75 | American Academy of Ophthalmology | $10,035,683 | 52% | 47% | |
| 76 | Exxon Mobil | $10,016,014 | 11% | 88% | |
| 77 | American Health Care Assn | $9,948,860 | 52% | 46% | |
| 78 | American Crystal Sugar | $9,828,164 | 62% | 37% | |
| 79 | Newsweb Corp | $9,817,646 | 96% | 0% | |
| 80 | American Society of Anesthesiologists | $9,759,437 | 43% | 56% | |
| 81 | Saban Capital Group | $9,721,037 | 99% | 0% | |
| 82 | Indep Insurance Agents & Brokers/America | $9,649,364 | 40% | 59% | |
| 83 | National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare | $9,636,171 | 81% | 18% | |
| 84 | American Optometric Assn | $9,441,013 | 59% | 40% | |
| 85 | Associated General Contractors | $9,330,413 | 14% | 84% | |
| 86 | KPMG LLP | $9,323,103 | 30% | 69% | |
| 87 | Koch Industries | $9,315,215 | 11% | 88% | |
| 88 | UBS AG | $9,219,354 | 38% | 61% | |
| 89 | Securities Industry & Financial Mkt Assn | $9,163,123 | 43% | 55% | |
| 90 | Wal-Mart Stores | $9,125,335 | 28% | 71% | |
| 91 | American Maritime Officers | $9,089,012 | 47% | 51% | |
| 92 | Transport Workers Union | $8,986,599 | 95% | 4% | |
| 93 | Seafarers International Union | $8,707,094 | 85% | 14% | |
| 94 | National Cmte for an Effective Congress | $8,695,668 | 99% | 0% | |
| 95 | Eli Lilly & Co | $8,646,995 | 30% | 69% | |
| 96 | Freddie Mac | $8,613,709 | 43% | 56% | |
| 97 | National Fedn of Independent Business | $8,531,860 | 7% | 92% | |
| 98 | Comcast Corp | $8,520,857 | 52% | 47% | |
| 99 | CSX Corp | $8,494,712 | 36% | 63% | |
| 100 | New York Life Insurance | $8,492,483 | 51% | 48% | |
| 101 | Painters & Allied Trades Union | $8,485,171 | 88% | 11% | |
| 102 | Southern Co | $8,392,935 | 34% | 65% | |
| 103 | MetLife Inc | $8,374,700 | 54% | 45% | |
| 104 | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance | $8,361,739 | 39% | 60% | |
| 105 | News Corp | $8,301,228 | 56% | 43% | |
| 106 | Walt Disney Co | $8,197,155 | 66% | 33% | |
| 107 | Credit Suisse Group | $7,989,262 | 42% | 56% | |
| 108 | UST Inc | $7,989,027 | 22% | 77% | |
| 109 | American Financial Group | $7,968,416 | 24% | 70% | |
| 110 | General Motors | $7,942,787 | 37% | 62% | |
| 111 | National Assn of Broadcasters | $7,760,014 | 46% | 53% | |
| 112 | Amalgamated Transit Union | $7,742,684 | 93% | 6% | |
| 113 | Amway/Alticor Inc | $7,718,649 | 0% | 99% | |
| 114 | Aircraft Owners & Pilots Assn | $7,711,567 | 45% | 54% | |
| 115 | Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp | $7,666,279 | 32% | 67% | |
| 116 | American Council of Life Insurers | $7,663,662 | 38% | 61% | |
| 117 | Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn | $7,532,355 | 74% | 24% | |
| 118 | American Airlines | $7,114,721 | 47% | 52% | |
| 119 | MCI Inc | $7,043,984 | 48% | 51% | |
| 120 | Ford Motor Co | $6,885,434 | 36% | 63% | |
| 121 | American Trucking Assns | $6,781,325 | 31% | 68% | |
| 122 | Prudential Financial | $6,700,573 | 51% | 48% | |
| 123 | Archer Daniels Midland | $6,671,593 | 50% | 49% | |
| 124 | AIG | $6,630,362 | 53% | 46% | |
| 125 | MBNA Corp | $6,350,271 | 19% | 80% | |
| 126 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | $6,312,159 | 22% | 77% | |
| 127 | DLA Piper | $6,268,527 | 57% | 41% | |
| 128 | Merrill Lynch | $6,247,705 | 36% | 63% | |
| 129 | Fannie Mae | $5,949,582 | 51% | 48% | |
| 130 | Enron Corp | $5,339,240 | 29% | 70% | |
| 131 | EMILY's List | $5,245,127 | 95% | 0% | |
| 132 | BP | $5,109,920 | 30% | 69% | |
| 133 | Lehman Brothers | $4,878,103 | 48% | 51% | |
| 134 | Wachovia Corp | $4,854,572 | 26% | 72% | |
| 135 | MGM Resorts International | $4,698,221 | 44% | 49% | |
| 136 | Andersen | $4,572,691 | 38% | 61% | |
| 137 | Vivendi | $3,711,564 | 62% | 37% | |
| 138 | Skadden, Arps et al | $3,425,431 | 74% | 24% | |
| 139 | Bear Stearns | $3,374,125 | 54% | 45% | |
| 140 | Club for Growth | $1,535,099 | 0% | 41% | |
Based on data released by the FEC on March 27, 2011.
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