Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections. While Congress created the Federal Election Commission to oversee federal elections in 1974, each state is left to regulate its local elections.
Top 100 political contributions made during week ending October 8
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | House Republican Campaign Committee | $730,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Michael R. Bloomberg | $500,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Greater Pennsylvania Carpenters, PAC | $500,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Fund for Change | Pa Alliance Action | $500,000 | 10/03/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | House Democratic Campaign Committee | $484,222 | 10/07/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee | $272,150 | 10/07/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | Shapiro for Pennsylvania | $182,900 | 10/05/2022 |
| Ted Tomson for State Representative | Commonwealth Leaders Fund | $181,185 | 10/04/2022 |
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | Senate Republican Campaign Committee | $175,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $174,177 | 10/05/2022 |
| Friends of Renae Billow | House Republican Campaign Committee | $150,250 | 10/07/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Commonwealth Childrens Choice Fund | $150,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Republican State Leadership Committee | $150,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Fund for Change | Committee for a Better Tomorrow | $125,000 | 10/05/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee | $115,000 | 10/03/2022 |
| Friends of Joe Pittman | University City Housing Company | $100,000 | 10/05/2022 |
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | Senate Republican Campaign Committee | $100,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | For-Ward, PAC | $75,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| We Believe in Lori Mizgorski | Commonwealth Leaders Fund | $73,550 | 10/03/2022 |
| Be The Change Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $72,594 | 10/04/2022 |
| Senate Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Pat Stefano | $70,600 | 10/06/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Steele for PA | $61,300 | 10/04/2022 |
| Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee | Friends of Lisa Boscola | $60,980 | 10/03/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Benninghoff for Representative | $60,000 | 10/05/2022 |
| Friends of Brian Munroe | Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $56,993 | 10/04/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | Democratic State Senate Campaign Committee | $56,490 | 10/07/2022 |
| Friends of Joe Hogan | House Republican Campaign Committee | $55,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Friends of Joe Hogan | House Republican Campaign Committee | $55,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Friends of Lisa Borowski | $54,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Friends of Mark Moffa | $52,270 | 10/06/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Friends of Arvind Venkat | $51,600 | 10/04/2022 |
| Ted Tomson for State Representative | House Rep Campaign Com | $50,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Keystone Leadership Fund, PAC | $50,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Israel Roizman | $50,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Robert G. Clark | $50,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Committee to Elect Ryan Bizzarro | $50,000 | 10/05/2022 |
| Friends of Todd Stephens, Inc. | HRCC | $50,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Senate Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Matt McCullough | $50,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Friends of Jennifer O'mara | $47,960 | 10/05/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | House Democratic Campaign Committee | $46,360 | 10/05/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Michelle Mattus for State Representative | $44,000 | 10/03/2022 |
| Local 5, IBEW, PAC | Miscellaneous | $41,551 | 10/03/2022 |
| Friends of Nick Miller | Seiu Healthcare Cope, PA | $40,000 | 10/08/2022 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | PSEA PACE | $40,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Affordable Education, PAC | $40,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee | $39,950 | 10/06/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Steve Schlauch | $39,000 | 10/03/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Friends of Paul Takac | $38,269 | 10/06/2022 |
| Jay Costa Jr for State Senate | Committee for a Better Tomorrow | $35,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Western Pennsylvania Laborers, PAC | $35,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Citizens for Hughes | Shapiro for Pennsylvania | $35,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Friends of Jill Dennin | Pennsylvania Dems | $33,924 | 10/03/2022 |
| We Believe in Lori Mizgorski | Republican Party of Pennsylvania | $33,666 | 10/07/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Ann Flood | $32,500 | 10/04/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Leanne for Pennsylvania | $32,070 | 10/07/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Jill Cooper | $31,600 | 10/04/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Friends of Tim Brennan | $31,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Friends of Tim Kearney | Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $30,808 | 10/04/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Milou Mackenzie | $30,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Pennsylvania STATE PIPE TRADES ASSOCIATION, PAC | Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote, PAC | $30,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Bucks County Republican Committee | George Ball | $30,000 | 10/03/2022 |
| Local 0066 Club, PAC | IUOE Local 66 | $28,291 | 10/07/2022 |
| Committee for a Better Tomorrow | Pond Lehocky, LLP | $27,875 | 10/04/2022 |
| Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania | Republican Committee of Allegheny County | $27,500 | 10/03/2022 |
| Lindsey Williams for Pennsylvania | PA Senate Democratic Campaign Committee | $26,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Friends of Arvind Venkat | The Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $25,871 | 10/03/2022 |
| Be The Change Pennsylvania | Citizens for Hughes | $25,000 | 10/08/2022 |
| Senate Republican Campaign Committee | Judson Kroh | $25,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Senate Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of John Gordner | $25,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Senate Republican Campaign Committee | Volunteers for Argall | $25,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Senate Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Joe Pittman | $25,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Gregg Perelman | $25,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Thomas Wolf | $25,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Friends of Doug Mastriano | Carrie for PA | $25,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Citizens for Joshua Kail | University City Housing | $25,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of George Dunbar | $25,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Martina White | $25,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| Senate Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Greg Rothman | $24,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| MariaforPA | Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $23,814 | 10/04/2022 |
| Be The Change Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $22,753 | 10/05/2022 |
| People for Robert Matzie | The Pennsylvania Democratic Committee | $22,720 | 10/07/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Bankers Public Affairs Committee | Fulton Financial Corporation | $22,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Joe Adams | $22,000 | 10/05/2022 |
| Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee | Friends of Brian Munroe | $21,500 | 10/07/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Friends of Jamie Barton | $21,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Leanne for Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $20,865 | 10/07/2022 |
| We Believe in Lori Mizgorski | Volunteers for Argall | $20,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Friends of Paul Takac | Friends of Joanna Mcclinton | $20,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | John Hudson | $20,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | Tyler Hudson | $20,000 | 10/07/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | J. B. Reilly | $20,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Pennsylvania Democratic Party | Topper Joseph | $20,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | PA Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals | $20,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | Kaufer Now Committee | $20,000 | 10/06/2022 |
| Erie Refocused, PAC | Joel Deuterman | $20,000 | 10/04/2022 |
| We Believe in Lori Mizgorski | Citizens for John Yudichak | $20,000 | 10/03/2022 |
| Shapiro for Pennsylvania | William Weisberg | $20,000 | 10/03/2022 |
| House Republican Campaign Committee | PA Opportunity and Jobs, PAC | $20,000 | 10/03/2022 |
| Pennsylvania United, PAC | Lindsey Williams for Pennsylvania | $19,305 | 10/05/2022 |
| Friends of Nick Miller | Pennsylvania Democratic Party | $18,971 | 10/05/2022 |
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