● U.S. Senator · CA · Democrat
Alex Padilla
Alex Padilla is a U.S. Senator for CA (Democrat) who serves on 17 congressional committees, including as Ranking Member of Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
Follow the public money trail around this seat: the federal awards performed in California, and the PAC contributions reported to the FEC. Federal work in a state is shown as public context, not a claim about this member’s role in any award.
Federal spending in California
See the federal awards performed in California →Federal work in this state is shown as public context. It is not a claim about this member’s role in any award. Follow the money, not the corruption.
Committee assignments
Senate Committee on Rules and AdministrationRanking Member
PAC contributions received
By election cycle, most recent first.✓ from source
2026 cycle$163,000 from 63 PACs
Hdr, Inc. Employee Owners PAC$10,000
Carnival/Princess Holland America Line Inc. PAC (Halpac)$7,500
Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning Contractors' National Assoc., Inc. Political Action Committee$7,500
American Water Works Company, Inc. Employee Federal PAC$7,000
Qualcomm Incorporated Political Action Committee (Qpac)$5,000
Democrats Win Fund$5,000
American Pistachio Growers Pistachio Political Action Committee$5,000
Charter Communications Inc. Political Action Committee$5,000
Stripe Inc. Political Action Committee$5,000
International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC$5,000
American Council of Engineering Companies (Acec/PAC)$5,000
Schoolsfirst Federal Credit Union Employees Federal PAC$5,000
Top 12 of 63 by amount.
2024 cycle$217,587 from 82 PACs
Edwards Lifesciences Political Action Committee (A.k.a. Edwards PAC)$10,000
Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers$10,000
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. PAC (Booz Allen PAC)$10,000
Siemens Corporation PAC$7,500
Dropbox Inc PAC$6,600
Foley & Lardner Political Fund, Inc.$6,500
International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC$5,000
USA Rice Federation PAC$5,000
Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball Political Action Committee$5,000
California Rice Industry Association Fund (California Rice Fund)$5,000
Transdigm Group Inc. Employee Political Action Committee$5,000
Vmware, Inc. Political Action Committee (Vmware PAC)$5,000
Top 12 of 82 by amount.
2022 cycle$2,172,392 from 449 PACs
Air Line Pilots Association PAC$20,000
Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - Federal$20,000
Hdr, Inc. Employee Owners PAC$20,000
Wine Institute PAC$20,000
Purpose PAC$20,000
Impact$20,000
International Association of Firefighters Interested in Registration and Education PAC$20,000
Prairie Political Action Committee$20,000
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club$15,000
Anheuser-Busch Companies LLC Political Action Committee$15,000
Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners$15,000
Motor City PAC$15,000
Top 12 of 449 by amount.
2020 cycle$51,600 from 15 PACs
Victory by Investing Building and Empowering (Vibe) PAC$10,000
CHC Bold PAC$10,000
Edison International PAC$5,000
Professional Engineers in California Government Federal PAC (Pecg Fed-PAC)$5,000
Win Back PAC$5,000
Leadership Responsibility and Action PAC Aka Lra PAC$2,800
Serving Our Country (Soc) PAC$2,800
Make IT in America PAC$2,500
Sea Change Leadership PAC$2,000
People First Future$1,500
Inland Empire Strikes PAC; the$1,000
Generation Go Leadership PAC$1,000
Top 12 of 15 by amount.
contribution reported to the FEC, a public campaign-finance record.
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