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  1. Sheldon Whitehouse

    U.S. Senate · Rhode Island

    Next up: 2030

    $197,196

    in backing from AIPAC, UDP & allied PACs

    $140K via AIPAC PAC ($130K in earmarked donations from AIPAC’s donors that it passed on, $10K from the PAC itself) + $57.5K from other PACs

    • Voting score 42% (16 votes, average of 3 areas)
    • +$56.4K donor network
    • Second score (Trump nominees & Wall Street only) 100%
    • Other pro-Israel PACs: NORPAC $25,000 · Citizens Organized PAC $15,000 · JACPAC $8,500 · Friends of Israel PAC $5,000 · Maryland Association for Concerned Citizens $4,000
    42%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
    $56.4Kgiven directly by 20 people who also gave to AIPAC PAC or UDP
    0%of campaign money from small donors

    How the 42% is calculated: the equal-weight average of Israel & Gaza 25% (12 votes), Speech & civil liberties 0% (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$423,450
    2. AIPAC and other pro-Israel PACs$197,196
    3. Banks, finance and insurance$60,500
    4. Weapons makers' PACs$24,000
    5. Health insurers$11,000
    6. Drug makers$10,500

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

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    AIPAC PAC
    $139,696 ($129,696 earmarked, $10,000 direct, as AIPAC PAC's reports label each contribution)
    Other pro-Israel PACs
    NORPAC $25,000 · Citizens Organized PAC $15,000 · JACPAC $8,500 · Friends of Israel PAC $5,000 · Maryland Association for Concerned Citizens $4,000
    Weapons makers' PACs (separate)
    $24,000: RTX (Raytheon) $9,500 · General Dynamics $6,000 · Lockheed Martin $6,000 · Northrop Grumman $2,500
    Labor unions (PACs, separate)
    $423,450 from 42 PACs: Fire Fighters (IAFF) $22,500 · Electrical Workers (IBEW) $20,400 · American Federation of Teachers $20,000 · Letter Carriers (NALC) $20,000 · Operating Engineers Local 57 $20,000 · and 37 more
    Banks, finance and insurance (PACs, separate)
    $60,500 from 15 PACs: National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors $15,000 · America's Credit Unions $12,000 · Finseca $7,500 · Citizens Financial $4,000 · TIAA $3,500 · and 10 more
    Health insurers (PACs, separate)
    $11,000 from 2 PACs: Blue Shield of California $10,000 · Centene $1,000
    Drug makers (PACs, separate)
    $10,500 from 3 PACs: Amgen $4,500 · Bristol-Myers Squibb $4,000 · Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) $2,000
    AIPAC donor network (separate)
    $56,355 given directly by 20 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
    $5,360,158 raised · 0% small donors (under $200) · 59% large donors · 15% PACs and party
    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: none
    • 2018: $15.5K
    • 2020: none
    • 2022: none
    • 2024: $179K
    • 2026: $2,500

    Voting record

    2028 challengers

    Sources

    Changes to this entry (3)
    • 2026-10-09: Total from tracked PACs changed from $198,196 to $197,196
    • 2026-10-09: AIPAC PAC + UDP changed from $140,696 to $139,696
    • 2026-10-02: Voting score changed from 62% to 42%

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

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83rd of 264 Democrats in Congress: more than 181 others.

  1. Earmarked donations via AIPAC PAC$129,696
  2. NORPAC$25,000
  3. Citizens Organized PAC$15,000
  4. Given by AIPAC PAC itself$10,000
  5. 2 other pro-Israel PACs$9,000
  6. JACPAC$8,500

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.