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Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines's political action committee contributed $1M to federal candidates across the 2020–2026 election cycles.

$1M
Contributed to candidates
Median company PAC: $691,500
169
Sitting members who received
of 538 seats in Congress
52%
Went to Republicans
Republican: $438,799 · Democrat: $401,800 of $840,599 to sitting members
622 contributions1 PAC2020–2026 cycles

By election cycle

  • 2020: $206,600
  • 2022: $252,998
  • 2024: $348,999
  • 2026: $196,000

Cycle totals cover every candidate the PAC gave to. The member table below covers the 169 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
Rick LarsenTransportation and InfrastructureDemocrat · WA$26,00011
Sam GravesArmed Services · Transportation and InfrastructureRepublican · MO$24,99912
Richard NealDemocrat · MA$24,5007
Jake EllzeyRepublican · TX$22,00010
Susan CollinsRepublican · ME$19,00010
John CornynRepublican · TX$15,5005
Hakeem JeffriesDemocrat · NY$15,0005
Jason SmithRepublican · MO$15,0004
Dina TitusTransportation and InfrastructureDemocrat · NV$13,0009
Marc VeaseyDemocrat · TX$13,0005
Steny HoyerDemocrat · MD$12,5004
Mike QuigleyDemocrat · IL$12,0007
Andy HarrisRepublican · MD$11,0007
Mario Diaz-BalartRepublican · FL$10,5005
Pete SessionsRepublican · TX$10,5005

Top 15 of 169 sitting members who received from this PAC. 3 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 2026-06-29.

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FEC filings · 2020–2026 cycles · public record