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.
  • He is believed to be the chief fundraiser for the Play by the Rules political action committee.
    — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
  • In one of the easy-to-grasp methods, money is sent by donors to the Make America Great Again political action committee.
    — Michael D'antonio, CNN, 15 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Is there any rational person who read this and did not think the Times was blaming Ms. Palin and the political action committee?
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • Fortunately, in this case, a political action committee called Count the Vote put up the bucks.
    — Daniel Borenstein, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
  • Scott Wagner, an ally of the governor, was named the new chair of the political action committee.
    — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • More than $60 million of that went to a new political action committee.
    — Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2021
  • In the final weeks of the race, billionaire Elon Musk poured more than $100 million into his own political action committee to help Trump in swing states.
    — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The signs were paid for by Youngkin’s political action committee, Spirit of Virginia.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Musk, who did not respond to a request for comment, is now at the center of the fray as his political action committee funnels millions of dollars into the race for the state's high court.
    — arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Musk, who did not respond to a request for comment, is now at the center of the fray as his political action committee funnels millions of dollars into the race for the state's high court.
    — arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The political action committee backing his campaign raised more than $3 million, a huge amount for a State Senate race.
    — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • Youngkin said the campaigns were paid for by his political action committee, Spirit of Virginia.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The judge's decision stems from a lawsuit filed in 2019 by a state resident and a political action committee for gun owners.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2021
  • The judge’s decision stems from a lawsuit filed in 2019 by a state resident and a political action committee for gun owners.
    — Washington Post, 5 June 2021
  • 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
  • Gibbs has raked in campaign cash over the years from Timken, members of her family, and the political action committee run by their family business.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The political action committee has also endorsed Salinas and Val Hoyle, who is running in the 4th District.
    — oregonlive, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Chief among them was David Humphreys, Mr. Hawley’s largest donor, who has given millions of dollars to his campaigns and political action committee.
    — New York Times, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Again Action, the pro-Trump political action committee led by Lewandowski since March.
    — Michael Warren, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • The group and its political action committee helped to fund the far-right attorney’s legal actions trying to overthrow the election results.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Angelo was paid by a Democratic political action committee for the post, a fact that’s clearly noted in the caption.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The move was one of three endorsements made by the influential federal political action committee that was shared first with Fox News.
    — Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Musk’s political action committee spent roughly $300 million on a ground game ahead of the November election.
    — Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2025

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