QuorumCivic. Hidden in plain sight Get the app
Corporate PAC

CMS Energy

CMS Energy's political action committee contributed $540,000 to federal candidates across the 2020–2026 election cycles.

$540,000
Contributed to candidates
Median company PAC: $691,500
59
Sitting members who received
of 538 seats in Congress
62%
Went to Republicans
Republican: $260,500 · Democrat: $162,000 of $423,500 to sitting members
283 contributions1 PAC2020–2026 cycles

By election cycle

  • 2020: $165,000
  • 2022: $140,500
  • 2024: $134,500
  • 2026: $100,000

Cycle totals cover every candidate the PAC gave to. The member table below covers the 59 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
Debbie DingellNatural ResourcesDemocrat · MI$40,00016
John MoolenaarRepublican · MI$40,00013
Jack BergmanRepublican · MI$37,50014
Tim WalbergNatural ResourcesRepublican · MI$37,50013
Lisa McClainRepublican · MI$32,00011
Bill HuizengaRepublican · MI$30,00011
Haley StevensDemocrat · MI$28,50011
Hillary ScholtenDemocrat · MI$19,00011
Kristen McDonald RivetDemocrat · MI$16,0007
John JamesRepublican · MI$12,5007
Gary PetersDemocrat · MI$11,5005
Steny HoyerDemocrat · MD$10,0003
Tom BarrettRepublican · MI$9,0004
Robert LattaRepublican · OH$7,5008
Brian FitzpatrickRepublican · PA$5,5004

Top 15 of 59 sitting members who received from this PAC. 2 of these 15 sit on a committee with jurisdiction over Utilities, 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 2026-07-16.

“CMS Energy PAC — who it funds in Congress.” QuorumCivic. https://share.quorumcivic.app/funder/cms-energy 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