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
Examples of political action committee in a Sentence
The governor received over $3 million in campaign contributions from political action committees.
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Trump’s political action committee is fundraising off Zohran Mamdani’s (D) win in the New York City mayoral race, adding to GOP attempts to take advantage of the democratic socialist’s victory and paint Democrats as extreme.
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025
Put Missouri First, a new political action committee created to oppose the referendum, has not filed any campaign paperwork that connects the PAC to the consulting contract.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
Hushang Ansary and his wife, Shahla Ansary, have made political contributions worth roughly $14 million from 1995 to 2020, almost all of it going to Republican campaign committees and political action committees backing GOP candidates.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Between the Sheffield campaign's nearly $3 million war chest, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by the Detroit Next political action committee and the hundreds of thousands spent by dark money fund 5Plus1, Sheffield was everywhere.
—M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Nov. 2025
Put Missouri First, a new political action committee created to oppose the referendum, has not filed any campaign paperwork that connects the PAC to the consulting contract.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
Hushang Ansary and his wife, Shahla Ansary, have made political contributions worth roughly $14 million from 1995 to 2020, almost all of it going to Republican campaign committees and political action committees backing GOP candidates.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Between the Sheffield campaign's nearly $3 million war chest, hundreds of thousands of dollars spent by the Detroit Next political action committee and the hundreds of thousands spent by dark money fund 5Plus1, Sheffield was everywhere.
—M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Political action committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/political%20action%20committee. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.
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