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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Doctors and other medical providers also got organized and formed a political action committee, Providers for Patient Care, last October to oppose Uber’s initiative.
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Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
The ad is the first produced and paid for by Stratton’s own campaign, though her candidacy has been bolstered by millions of dollars in ads from an allied political action committee largely funded by Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Among those who lost money were a company run by former Georgia GOP Chairman David Shafer, Alabama state Auditor Andrew Sorrell, and a political action committee controlled by the Republican Sorrell.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
But the group ultimately shifted from a political action committee focused on nondiscrimination ordinances to a nonprofit, because of an unfavorable political landscape, said Gaona-Lincoln, the group’s volunteer executive director.
—Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
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Levi Sumagaysay, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
The ad is the first produced and paid for by Stratton’s own campaign, though her candidacy has been bolstered by millions of dollars in ads from an allied political action committee largely funded by Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune.
—Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
Among those who lost money were a company run by former Georgia GOP Chairman David Shafer, Alabama state Auditor Andrew Sorrell, and a political action committee controlled by the Republican Sorrell.
—Dan Raby, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
But the group ultimately shifted from a political action committee focused on nondiscrimination ordinances to a nonprofit, because of an unfavorable political landscape, said Gaona-Lincoln, the group’s volunteer executive director.
—Idaho Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Political action committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20action%20committee. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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