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PACs › PAC (qualified) › 2025–2026
Transportation (airlines, rail, trucking, shipping, automotive)Airlines, railroads, trucking, shipping, car makers and car dealers, with their PACs and associations. Transportation unions are under Labor unions.Business
PAC (qualified)Lobbyist/registrant PACTrade associationTysons, VirginiaActive
Connected organization: National Automobile Dealers Association
Political fund of National Automobile Dealers Association
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is an American trade organization representing nearly 16,500 franchised new car and truck dealerships, both domestic and foreign. Established in 1917, the organization is based in Tysons Corner, Virginia. As the automotive retail industry's primary trade association, NADA monitors federal legislation and regulation affecting dealerships and publishes forecasts and reports about industry trends. American Truck Dealers, established in 1970, is a division of NADA representing nearly 1,800 heavy- and medium-duty truck dealerships throughout the United States. (Linked public record: Wikipedia organization profile)
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026 · FEC bulk filing data · committee C00040998 · files monthly
“NADA is the voice of franchised new-car and -truck dealers in the U.S., and we passionately and effectively promote franchised dealer interests before Congress, the executive branch and federal agencies, and the federal courts.
Additionally, NADA is the dealer’s best advocate in dealer-manufacturer relations, addressing concerns with manufacturers and distributors.”
National Automobile Dealers Association, the organization this committee is the political fund of, nada.org
Quoted from the committee's site, or its sponsor's or funder's where its own says nothing. Any side it takes is in its own words.
No published list of positions
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
| Party of the candidate | Candidates | Direct | Independent | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 207 | $1,558,500 | $0 | $1,558,500 | 71% |
| Democratic | 98 | $568,000 | $0 | $568,000 | 26% |
| Other or unresolved | 12 | $53,500 | $0 | $53,500 | 2.5% |
| Shown support | 317 | $2,180,000 | $0 | $2,180,000 | 100% |
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Every contribution on line 23 of the committee’s own Schedule B, which is the filing its summary totals are built from. That line covers federal candidates, party committees and other political committees alike, so a super PAC funding other super PACs appears here rather than under candidate giving.
| Recipient | Count | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic candidates | 99 | $578K · 16% |
| Republican candidates | 206 | $1.6M · 43% |
| Other or unresolved candidates | 13 | $58.5K · 1.6% |
| Democratic party committees | 3 | $255K · 7% |
| Republican party committees | 3 | $405K · 11% |
| Other PACs and committees | 115 | $783K · 22% |
| All recipients | 439 | $3.6M |
| State | Candidates | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 27 | $190K |
| Pennsylvania | 16 | $160K |
| Georgia | 13 | $115K |
| Virginia | 12 | $112.5K |
| Ohio | 12 | $110K |
| New York | 16 | $98K |
| North Carolina | 11 | $91K |
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A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 2,908 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $4.8M. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
The 2 largest sources are listed. Each as the committee named it on this line, $357.6K from 2 sources in all.
The largest of the committees is listed. Counted from the givers' own filings and this committee's lines for them, whichever is larger, which can run above the total this committee reports.
Total reported receipts $5,176,634
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
8.2% to named individuals, 6.9% to organizations, 85% not itemized.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 85% | $4,390,560 |
| Organization · 3.8% | $195,975 |
| Organization · 3.1% | $161,599 |
101 smaller sources, $428.5K in all (8.3%), are not listed.
Each committee that gave is followed to where its own money came from, in proportion to what it received: a committee that got half its money from one person is counted as passing half of what it gave on to that person. Each channel shows the committee the money came through and its place in the money tree. It shows who stood behind the money, not what that money was for, and an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail. It stops at a person, an organization, a committee with nothing on file here, or 3committees deep. A person who gave by more than one route appears under each, a name filed two ways may appear twice, and a person's job and city are as they filed them. "Also behind" counts the other groups, among those that moved $100,000 or more into races, in which $100,000 or more traces to the same person, other than those this money came through or went on to.
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| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 156 contributions · 6.3% | $302,000 |
| 199 contributions · 6.2% | $299,780 |
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Total reported disbursements $5,836,251
Every dollar this committee reported spending this cycle, split by the lines it reports against. Open a line to see who was actually paid on it. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
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$5.8M spent from Jan 2025 to Oct 2026. Most in one report: $602.2K, June 2026.
The running total of what the committee’s FEC reports say it spent, independent expenditures included, with a point at the end of each report. The line is straight between reports because a report gives one total for its whole period.
Published by the Commission against this committee’s own FEC ID. An audit is a periodic examination that reports findings; an administrative fine is a penalty for filing a specific report late or not at all. They are separate instruments and are not combined into a score here.
1978 cycleReport released Jan 27, 1981
Source: the Commission’s audit-case and administrative-fine records, joined on this committee’s FEC ID, imported Nov 8, 2026. Enforcement matters (MURs) are published only against respondent names, with no committee identifier, so they are not shown here rather than being matched by name.
Besides giving through its PAC, National Automobile Dealers Association pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.
Each report files its work under official topics. The bar shows how often each topic came up across the reports; open one to read what was filed under it. Naming a bill says the organization lobbied on it, not which side it took.
The organization’s own reports give its total lobbying costs, including any firms it hired; each firm reports what this client paid it.
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $13.5K is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION”, found by searching “NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Nov 9, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.
The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is an American trade organization representing nearly 16,500 franchised new car and truck dealerships, both domestic and foreign. Established in 1917, the organization is based in Tysons Corner, Virginia. As the automotive retail industry's primary trade association, NADA monitors federal legislation and regulation affecting dealerships and publishes forecasts and reports about industry trends. American Truck Dealers, established in 1970, is a division of NADA representing nearly 1,800 heavy- and medium-duty truck dealerships throughout the United States. Linked public record: Wikipedia organization profile.
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the committee’s or its sponsor’s; the record marking is ours.
National Automobile Dealers Association PAC is matched to organization records using the FEC committee identity, structured identifiers, and corroborated organization data.
| California |
|---|
| 18 |
| $77.5K |
The largest 8 of 46 states.
Bars drawn to $150K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Money moving between this committee and other committees, matched on FEC committee ID rather than the name each filing was typed under. Both sides exclude memo entries. The figures here count each committee once, from the itemized transfers read for this section, so they will not match the payment counts under Who this PAC gave to.
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| PAC (qualified) · Connected to GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE INC. · 2 payments | $10K |
$10K from 1 committee, counting every itemized receipt this cycle.
Disbursements this committee itemized to another committee: candidate contributions, party transfers and payments alike, not contributions only.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Party committee (qualified) · Connected to DEFEND OUR MAJORITY · 4 payments | $150K |
| Party committee (qualified) · Connected to COLE COMBINED COMMITTEE · 3 payments | $135K |
| Party committee (qualified) · Connected to YOUNG VICTORY COMMITTEE · 4 payments | $120K |
| Party committee (qualified) · Connected to COLORADO SENATE VICTORY 2016 · 4 payments | $120K |
| Party committee (qualified) · 4 payments | $120K |
| 2 payments | $30K |
| Party committee (qualified) · Connected to DEMOCRATIC GRASSROOTS VICTORY FUND · 1 payment | $15K |
| Senate campaign committee · Connected to ASHLEY HINSON VICTORY COMMITTEE · 3 payments | $15K |
| House campaign committee · Connected to TEAM MOORE JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE · 4 payments | $15K |
| House campaign committee · Connected to WALKINSHAW VICTORY FUND · 8 payments | $15K |
| House campaign committee · Connected to TEAM CELESTE · 4 payments | $15K |
| House campaign committee · Connected to CLAY FULLER VICTORY FUND · 3 payments | $15K |
$3.6M across 465 recipient committees, or 62% of everything this committee reports spending. The largest 12 are shown. A further $10K was filed as memo entries, which FEC reports separately to avoid counting it twice.
Built from FEC Schedule A and Schedule B filings for the selected cycle. A committee only appears here if the money was itemized under its FEC committee ID.
| 154 contributions · 5.9% |
| $284,875 |
| 134 contributions · 5.9% | $282,500 |
| 141 contributions · 5.4% | $260,375 |
| 144 contributions · 4.1% | $198,875 |
| 65 contributions · 3.7% | $177,925 |
| 137 contributions · 3.4% | $163,575 |
By the state each contributor wrote on the filing. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line together, so one committee or organization transfer can account for a whole state. Contributors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized and cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 20 contributions · 1.4% of ranked | $22,500 |
| 30 contributions · 1.3% of ranked | $21,875 |
| 6 contributions · 1.1% of ranked | $17,500 |
| 6 contributions · 0.9% of ranked | $15,000 |
| 6 contributions · 0.9% of ranked | $15,000 |
| 6 contributions · 0.9% of ranked | $15,000 |
| 11 contributions · 0.9% of ranked | $15,000 |
| 6 contributions · 0.9% of ranked | $15,000 |
A further $21,655 came from donors whose answer names no employer (blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($10,070) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 816 contributions · 28% of ranked | $1,320,530 |
| 539 contributions · 21% of ranked | $1,013,095 |
| 337 contributions · 12% of ranked | $571,100 |
| 282 contributions · 7.7% of ranked | $369,025 |
| 162 contributions · 7% of ranked | $335,750 |
| 104 contributions · 3.7% of ranked | $176,975 |
| 86 contributions · 3% of ranked | $144,725 |
| 16 contributions · 0.9% of ranked | $44,500 |
A further $15,905 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized receipts grouped by the words contributors filed. The FEC aggregates every Schedule A line here, so committee and organization money sits alongside individuals; this is not an industry classification. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($10,070) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Total itemized disbursements $5,784,626
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 924 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 14 payments · 33% of all spending | $1,950,000 |
| 4 payments · 2.6% of all spending | $150,000 |
| 21 payments · 2.4% of all spending | $139,247 |
| 3 payments · 2.3% of all spending | $135,000 |
| 4 payments · 2.1% of all spending | $120,000 |
| 4 payments · 2.1% of all spending | $120,000 |
| 4 payments · 2.1% of all spending | $120,000 |
| 3 payments · 1.2% of all spending | $69,294 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.