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  1. Chris Van Hollen

    U.S. Senate · Maryland

    Up in 20282028 presidential hopeful · expressed interestNo AIPAC money · other pro-Israel PACs onlyLast backed in the 2016 cycle

    $15,000

    in backing from other pro-Israel PACs (none from AIPAC or UDP)

    $15K from other PACs

    • Voting score 97% (16 votes, average of 3 areas)
    • +$120K donor network
    • Second score (Trump nominees & Wall Street only) 100%
    • Other pro-Israel PACs: JACPAC $5,000 · Citizens Organized PAC $5,000 · Bi-County PAC $5,000
    97%Voting score on Israel, war powers & civil liberties: the three areas averaged equally; 100% = the scored vote every time
    100%Second score: Trump nominees & Wall Street only
    $120Kgiven directly by 50 people who also gave to AIPAC PAC or UDP
    7%of campaign money from small donors

    How the 97% is calculated: the equal-weight average of Israel & Gaza 92% (12 votes), Speech & civil liberties 100% (2 votes), War powers 100% (2 votes). Higher means more often casting the scored vote: against military aid to Israel without new conditions and against ICC sanctions, for blocking arms sales, for requiring Congress to authorize war, and for civil liberties. Each area (Israel & Gaza, war powers, speech & civil liberties) counts equally, so the score is an average of areas, not the share of all listed votes.

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    Where the money comes from

    Who backs the campaign: PAC money by source
    1. Labor unions$438,000
    2. Banks, finance and insurance$380,000
    3. Weapons makers' PACs$52,500
    4. Health insurers$25,500
    5. AIPAC and other pro-Israel PACs$15,000
    6. Drug makers$2,000

    PAC contributions to the campaign, including donations AIPAC passed on as earmarks, since 2016.

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    Other pro-Israel PACs
    JACPAC $5,000 · Citizens Organized PAC $5,000 · Bi-County PAC $5,000
    Weapons makers' PACs (separate)
    $52,500: Lockheed Martin $14,000 · RTX (Raytheon) $11,500 · Boeing $7,500 · L3Harris $6,000 · General Dynamics $6,000 · BAE Systems $5,000 · Northrop Grumman $2,500
    Labor unions (PACs, separate)
    $438,000 from 48 PACs: Amalgamated Transit Union $20,000 · Fire Fighters (IAFF) $20,000 · Letter Carriers (NALC) $20,000 · National Education Association $20,000 · Operating Engineers (IUOE) $20,000 · and 43 more
    Banks, finance and insurance (PACs, separate)
    $380,000 from 67 PACs: America's Credit Unions $20,000 · New York Life $20,000 · Northwestern Mutual $20,000 · Mortgage Bankers Association $17,500 · Aflac $15,000 · and 62 more
    Health insurers (PACs, separate)
    $25,500 from 6 PACs: UnitedHealth Group $10,000 · Elevance Health $5,000 · Humana $5,000 · Cigna $2,500 · Blue Shield of California $2,000 · and 1 more
    Drug makers (PACs, separate)
    $2,000 from 1 PAC: Pfizer $2,000
    AIPAC donor network (separate)
    $119,689 given directly by 50 people who also gave to AIPAC PAC or UDP (2021–2026). Matched by name and ZIP code, so a few matches may be different people with the same name (we estimate 1–3% of matched donors; see the methodology).
    Campaign funding, 2023–26
    $2,303,859 raised · 7% small donors (under $200) · 72% large donors · 5% PACs and party
    Key committee seats
    Foreign Relations
    Co-sponsors, Palestinian rights & conditions on aid
    Senate request for human-rights report on Israel
    Positions
    Co-sponsors Medicare for All · Does not co-sponsor a ban on members trading stocks

    Pro-Israel PAC money by election cycle

    • 2016: $15K
    • 2018: none
    • 2020: none
    • 2022: none
    • 2024: none
    • 2026: none

    Voting record

    2028 challengers

    Sources

    Changes to this entry (1)
    • 2026-10-02: Voting score changed from 96% to 97%

    Changes come from new FEC filings and votes, or from method changes explained in the change log.

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172nd of 264 Democrats in Congress: more than 91 others.

  1. JACPAC$5,000
  2. Citizens Organized PAC$5,000
  3. Bi-County PAC$5,000

Counted: AIPAC PAC, United Democracy Project, NORPAC, DMFI PAC, Pro-Israel America PAC and its Action Fund, JACPAC, U.S. Israel PAC and 11 regional pro-Israel PACs (full list with FEC IDs). FEC data through Aug 31, 2026.