QuorumCivic. Hidden in plain sight Get the app
Corporate PAC

American Express

American Express's political action committee contributed $2M to federal candidates across the 2020–2026 election cycles.

$2M
Contributed to candidates
Median company PAC: $691,500
217
Sitting members who received
of 538 seats in Congress
51%
Went to Republicans
Republican: $819,500 · Democrat: $799,100 of $1,618,600 to sitting members
900 contributions1 PAC2020–2026 cycles

By election cycle

  • 2020: $470,500
  • 2022: $467,100
  • 2024: $548,000
  • 2026: $491,500

Cycle totals cover every candidate the PAC gave to. The member table below covers the 217 who sit in Congress today — the rest are challengers and members who have since left. The most recent cycle is still open, so its total is what has been filed so far.

Who received the money

MemberSeatReceivedContributions
Brad SchneiderWays and MeansDemocrat · IL$30,0008
Robert LattaRepublican · OH$28,50013
Bryan SteilFinancial ServicesRepublican · WI$26,00017
Brett GuthrieRepublican · KY$25,50011
Richard NealWays and MeansDemocrat · MA$25,0008
Hakeem JeffriesDemocrat · NY$24,6006
Terri SewellWays and MeansDemocrat · AL$23,5008
Gregory MeeksFinancial ServicesDemocrat · NY$23,00010
Lisa Blunt RochesterBanking, Housing, and Urban AffairsDemocrat · DE$22,5008
Mike ThompsonWays and MeansDemocrat · CA$22,5007
Thomas SuozziWays and MeansDemocrat · NY$22,0007
Andrew GarbarinoFinancial ServicesRepublican · NY$21,5009
Bill FosterFinancial ServicesDemocrat · IL$20,50015
John LarsonWays and MeansDemocrat · CT$20,0007
Kevin HernWays and MeansRepublican · OK$20,0005

Top 15 of 217 sitting members who received from this PAC. 12 of these 15 sit on a committee with jurisdiction over Financials, this company's sector.

Totals are every contribution on file across the 2020–2026 cycles, not a single payment.

How this was measured

Source — Federal Election Commission bulk data — itemised committee-to-candidate contributions (Schedule B, pas2).

Window — 2020–2026 election cycles, every contribution on file.

Filters — Direct contributions only. Independent expenditures for or against a candidate are excluded — that money is not given to anyone and is governed differently. Conduit and earmark pass-throughs are excluded so the same dollar is not counted twice.

What this cannot show — Money from individuals who work at the company, dark money through 501(c)(4)s, and leadership-PAC transfers are outside these totals. Money to candidates who never took a seat IS counted in the totals but cannot appear in the member table. Corporate PAC giving is legal, disclosed, and a fraction of total political money.

As of — Filings through 2026-07-28.

“American Express PAC — who it funds in Congress.” QuorumCivic. https://share.quorumcivic.app/funder/american-express Report an error

Correlative observation from public records — not evidence of coordination or wrongdoing, and not financial advice.
This page is the record as of today. The app tells you when it changes.
FEC filings · 2020–2026 cycles · public record