How to Use political action committee in a Sentence
political action committee
noun- The governor received over $3 million in campaign contributions from political action committees.
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He is believed to be the chief fundraiser for the Play by the Rules political action committee.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
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Then there is the issue of the lawyers’ bills largely being paid by Mr. Trump’s political action committee.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
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The ad, the eighth of its kind from the political action committee, will also air nationally on Fox News and Newsmax.
—Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 28 July 2023
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But the local union affiliates in many states can tap into the funds of the state union’s political action committee.
—Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2022
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Fortunately, in this case, a political action committee called Count the Vote put up the bucks.
—Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
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Scott Wagner, an ally of the governor, was named the new chair of the political action committee.
—Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2023
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The signs were paid for by Youngkin’s political action committee, Spirit of Virginia.
—Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
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Campaign records show a $6,500 payment by the owner of one of the firms to Pacheco’s political action committee and no contributions from the other business.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022
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The Catholic Church in Ohio is gearing up for this November’s election in a manner that in some ways resembles a political action committee.
—cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
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The political action committee has also endorsed Salinas and Val Hoyle, who is running in the 4th District.
—oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
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Looijen and Raj founded a political action committee called S.F. Guardians as an offshoot of the recall effort.
—Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2023
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Both he and Duran, along with Meister, were endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee and sheriff’s deputies union.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022
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From the outset of Masters' Senate run, Thiel committed millions to a political action committee to help boost Masters' chances.
—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
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Among them, the campaign could convert the funds into a political action committee or issue refunds to donors who would reallocate their gifts.
—Rebecca Picciotto, CNBC, 21 July 2024
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His political action committee, Spirit of Virginia, is raising record amounts of cash.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
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The political action committee, basically a PAC that is devoted to paying legal fees, and almost all of them are going to Trump.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
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Neither is taking funds from corporate political action committees in this race, though Schiff has in his past campaign.
—David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
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The fundraiser was for his new political action committee, Better Path Forward.
—Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
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He's also been dogged by legal bills and payments, with his campaign and the political action committees supporting him spending over $10 million in legal fees this year.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
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This month, the Trump campaign said the former president had raised more than $35 million in the second quarter through his joint fundraising committee, which then transfers the money to his campaign and to a political action committee.
—Rebecca Davis O’Brien, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
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Laxalt brought in more than $13 million and spent about $9 million during the same time period but was aided by an influx of political action committee funding.
—Rebecca Boone, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
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The ballot initiative has led to the formation of two rival political action committees.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
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For the first time in months, even Save America, his political action committee, all but stopped pushing new polls, pitches and products to potential supporters.
—Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2023
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The political action committee is waiting on legal advice about what services the group could fund, said Bryan Iverson, the committee’s director.
—Ben Botkin, oregonlive, 17 May 2023
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Early strategic fissures have emerged between his own political team and the enormous political action committee that will spend tens of millions of dollars to help him.
—Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
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Democrat Tina Kotek, who won the election for governor, was also listed as funding the mailers through her political action committee.
—oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
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The new nonprofit and political action committee will be called One Future Illinois.
—A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2024
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With Tuesday’s donation, Uihlein has given about $54 million to back Bailey, most of it as the chief funding source for a political action committee allied with the state senator and wealthy farmer from Xenia.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
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In recent months, the bitcoin crowd has warmed to the former president and Republican nominee, who in turn has warmed to the idea of Big Tech and crypto profits flowing into political action committees that support his reelection.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 26 July 2024
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