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Caterpillar

Caterpillar's political action committee contributed $3.1M to federal candidates across the 2020–2026 election cycles.

$3.1M
Contributed to candidates
Median company PAC: $691,500
226
Sitting members who received
of 538 seats in Congress
67%
Went to Republicans
Republican: $1,691,000 · Democrat: $834,500 of $2,533,000 to sitting members
944 contributions1 PAC2020–2026 cycles

By election cycle

  • 2020: $836,000
  • 2022: $642,000
  • 2024: $957,000
  • 2026: $645,000

Cycle totals cover every candidate the PAC gave to. The member table below covers the 226 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
David ValadaoRepublican · CA$40,0009
J. HillRepublican · AR$40,0009
Brad SchneiderDemocrat · IL$35,0007
Richard NealDemocrat · MA$35,0007
Scott PetersDemocrat · CA$35,0007
Terri SewellDemocrat · AL$35,0008
Kevin HernRepublican · OK$32,0007
Rick LarsenTransportation and InfrastructureDemocrat · WA$30,0007
Sam GravesArmed Services · Transportation and InfrastructureRepublican · MO$30,0009
Suzan DelBeneDemocrat · WA$30,0008
Virginia FoxxRepublican · NC$30,0009
Haley StevensScience, Space, and TechnologyDemocrat · MI$28,5008
Bryan SteilRepublican · WI$27,5007
Marilyn StricklandArmed Services · Transportation and InfrastructureDemocrat · WA$27,5006
Mike CareyRepublican · OH$27,5007

Top 15 of 226 sitting members who received from this PAC. 4 of these 15 sit on a committee with jurisdiction over Industrials, 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 2026-06-22.

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FEC filings · 2020–2026 cycles · public record