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PAC (nonqualified)Lobbyist/registrant PACTrade associationWashington, District of ColumbiaActive
Regional Airline Association lobbied on 4 issues. See lobbying
Its wordsWhat does this committee say it is for?
No published list of positions
This committee’s site publishes no list of positions we could read, and we found no statement of why it exists. We do not write one for it.
Who it gives toWhich candidates and committees get its money?
Each part reads different filings, so counts and totals can differ.
Party support distribution$5K to 1 candidate
Direct PAC contributions and independent expenditures explicitly reported as support, by the party of the candidate they went to.
For candidates $5,000
Democratic 100%
Contributions are reported money, not endorsements; a PAC giving to both parties is common.
Who this PAC gave to$13,000 in 4 payments
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.
By recipient
Line 23 contributions by kind and party of recipient
Recipient
Count
Amount
Democratic candidates
2
$7.5K · 58%
Republican candidates
1
$500 · 3.8%
Other PACs and committees
1
$5K · 38%
All recipients
4
$13K
By the candidate’s state
Contributions to candidates by the candidate’s state
Bars drawn to $5K, the largest gift total here. 2025–2026 filings.
Show candidate activity and the money network
Candidate and election activity as the recipients filed it
Andre Carson1 receipt, latest Jun 3, 2026Andre Carson for Congress · H8IN07184$5K
Candidate contribution rows come from candidate committee Schedule A filings, the same rows the party chart above counts.
Committee money network
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 funding this one
Committees that reported giving to this one on their own Schedule A filings, grouped by the giver’s committee ID.
Alaskans for Nick BegichHouse campaign committee · Connected to BEGICH FOR AK-AL REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FUND 2024 · 1 payment
$500
$13K across 4 recipient committees, or 100% of everything this committee reports spending.
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.
Money inWho funds the PAC?
Where the money came from $24,500 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$19,50080%
Largest donors
Russell ChildsOne contribution on May 19, 2025 · PRESIDENT · SKYWEST AIRLINES · ST. GEORGE, UT$5,000
Matt KoscalOne contribution on May 19, 2025 · PRESIDENT · REPUBLIC AIRWAYS · CARMEL, IN$5,000
Dion FlanneryOne contribution on May 19, 2025 · PRESIDENT · PSA AIRLINES · OAKWOOD, OH$2,500
James GrizzleOne contribution on Dec 2, 2025 · CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER · REPUBLIC AIRLINES · LEXINGTON, VA$2,000
Tim KomberecOne contribution on Jul 11, 2025 · CEO · EMPIRE AIRLINES · HAYDEN, ID$2,000
Jim GrahamOne contribution on May 19, 2025 · PRESIDENT · ENDEAVOR AIRLINES · JACKSONVILLE, FL$1,000
Paul KinstdtOne contribution on May 19, 2025 · CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER · REPUBLIC AIRWAYS · INDIANAPOLIS, IN$1,000
Rick LeachOne contribution on May 19, 2025 · PRESIDENT · GOJET AIRLNES · ST. CHARLES, MO$500
Richard WilsonOne contribution on May 12, 2026 · VP FLIGHT OPERATIONS · AMERICAN AIRLINES · DALLAS, TX$500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 9 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 9 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $19.5K. FEC contributor lists are public records and cannot be used for commercial solicitation.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees.$5,00020%
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 $24,500
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Sep 30, 2026.
Where the money traces to $24.5K followed back through up to 3 committees
98% to named individuals, 1.6% not itemized.
Gave directly$19.5K 80%
Gave directly
Name
Amount
Russell ChildsPerson · President, Skywest Airlines · St. George, UT · 20%
$5,000
Matt KoscalPerson · President, Republic Airways · Carmel, IN · 20%
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 Sep 30, 2026.
What the payments were for $13,000 itemized
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$13,000100%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION$13,000
Paid to
Ted Cruz Victory Fund$5,000
Andre Carson for Congress$5,000
Citizens to Elect Rick Larsen$2,500
Alaskans for Nick Begich$500
Total itemized disbursements $13,000
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 Sep 30, 2026.
All 4 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
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.
Spending over time
$13K spent from Jan 2025 to Sep 2026. Most in one report: $5K, Jan 1 – Mar 31, 2026.
$13K
Jan 2025Sep 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.
What Regional Airline Association lobbies on 2026 reports
Besides giving through its PAC, Regional Airline 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.
Spent on lobbying in 2026
$300K
Quarterly reports read
8
Bills it named
21
Topics it lobbied on
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.
Educationin 8 report entries · 4 bills named
In its own words
- Student loan limit increases in the Higher Education Act to better support prospective pilots; - Higher education and workforce issues, generally, including student loan issues - S.1292/H.R.2874 - Flight Education Access Act - Regulatory matters affecting professional students, as defined in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act - Professional loan limits for pilots in the Workforce Innovation for Next-Gen in Skies (WINGS) Act (H.R. 9896)
- Student loan limit increases in the Higher Education Act to better support prospective pilots; - Higher education and workforce issues, generally, including student loan issues - S.1292/H.R.2874 - Flight Education Access Act - Regulatory matters affecting professional students, as defined in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Issues related to use of federal financial aid for accredited flight education & training programs (H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, H.R. 9896, The Wings Act of 2026)
Issues related to use of federal financial aid for accredited flight education & training programs (H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act)
Aviation/Airlines/Airportsin 6 report entries · 17 bills named
In its own words
Issues related to the Pilot and Technician Supply Small Community Air Service (Essential Air Service Program and Small Community Air Service Development Program, HR 4552, S. 2465) Pilot and Technician Workforce Development Issues related to 5G & Spectrum (H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act) Issues related to pilot training and qualification Issues related to FAA's authority to ensure the safe operation of the national air space Issues related to the FAA Reauthorization Issues related to air traffic control modernization and workforce (H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act,S.5572 Modern Skies Act, H.R.8597, and S. 3929 Air Traffic Control Situational Awareness Enhancement Act) Issues related to aircraft avionics, equipage, and air safety (ROTOR Act S.2503, S. 1985, Safe Operations of Shared Airspace Act of 2025;
ALERT Act, HR 7613, Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency Act, S.3929 & H.R. 8597, Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act) Issues related to Dept. of AG APHIS AQI fee for small aircraft operators Issues related to trade of civil aviation goods Issues related to pilot mental health (H.R. 2591,S. 3257 Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025, H.R.2592, Aviation Medication Transparency Act;
S.3258, John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act) Issues related to FAA operation during a government shutdown (H.R. 5455, S. 1045, Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025;
Budget/Appropriationsin 3 report entries · 1 bill named
In its own words
Issues related to FY2026 appropriations (P.L. 119-75).
Issues related to the implementation of the American Relief Act, 2025 (P.L. 118-158).
Issues related to the implementation of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 (P.L. 119-4).
Issues related to the implementation of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21).
Issues related to FY2027 appropriations (H.R. 9170).
Issues related to commercial aircraft supply chains.
Offices it contacted
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
Who did the lobbying
The organization’s own reports give its total lobbying costs, including any firms it hired; each firm reports what this client paid it.
Regional Airline AssociationIts own staff · 3 reports$300K
Elevate Government Affairs, LLCLobbying firm · 3 reports$120K
Lodestone DCLobbying firm · 2 reports$40K
Contributions on the LD-203 report
Reported twice a year by the lobbying filer. $56.6K is political giving that also appears in FEC filings.
NRSC$7.5K
Roger Wicker$5K
Senator Roger Wicker$5K
Ted Cruz$5K
The Honorable Brett Guthrie$5K
Senator Dan Sullivan$3K
John Cornyn$2K
Ashley Hinson$1.5K
Deb Fischer$1.5K
Rep. James Gallagher$1.5K
Matched by name: these reports are filed for “REGIONAL AIRLINE ASSOCIATION”, found by searching “REGIONAL AIRLINE 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.
REGIONAL AIRLINE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RAA PAC)
Filings covered
Through Sep 30, 2026
Data source
FEC bulk filing data
Regional Airline Association PAC is registered with the Federal Election Commission as a PAC (nonqualified). It is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Official FEC summary: Federal Election Commission committee record.
Pages quoted 0 pages
No pages quoted
Nothing from this committee’s or its sponsor’s site is quoted yet.
Linked public records
No approved organization identity yet
The official FEC committee record remains available under Filings.
$1,000
Rick LeachPerson · President, Gojet Airlnes · St. Charles, MO · 2%
$500
Richard WilsonPerson · VP Flight Operations, American Airlines · Dallas, TX · 2%
$500
Through Alaska Air Group Inc. PACTransportation (airlines, rail, trucking, shipping, automotive)$3K 12%
Through Alaska Air Group Inc. PAC
Name
Amount
Not itemized by Alaska Air Group Inc. PAC1.6%
$387
Jason BerryPerson · SR Vice President Operations, Horizon Air Industries, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 1.1%
$277
Diana Birkett RakowPerson · VP External Relations, Alaska Airlines, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 1.1%
$277
Andrew HarrisonPerson · Executive Vice President, Alaska Airlines, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 1.1%
$277
Kyle LevinePerson · SVP General Counsel, Alaska Airlines · Seattle, WA · 1.1%
$277
Ben MinicucciPerson · Chief Operating Officer, Alaska Airlines, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 1.1%
David MetsPerson · VP Flight Operations, Alaska Airlines, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 0.6%
$152
Emily HalversonPerson · VP Treasury & AAG Controller, Alaska Airlines, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 0.6%
$138
Wayne NewtonPerson · Vice President, Alaska Airlines, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 0.6%
$138
Show 4 more sources
Through Alaska Air Group Inc. PAC, more
Name
Amount
James LandersPerson · Senior Vice President of Technical OPE, Hawaiian Airlines · Honolulu, HI · 0.6%
$138
Constance Von MuehlenPerson · EVP & COO, Alaska Airlines, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 0.6%
$138
Carlos ZendejasPerson · Managing Director Chief Pilot, Horizon Air Industries, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 0.6%
$136
Donald JonesPerson · VP Airport Real Estate & DEV, Alaska Airlines, Inc. · Seattle, WA · 0.5%
$128
36 smaller sources, $2K 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.
$500
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.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
Republic Airways2 contributions · 31% of ranked
$6,000
Skywest Airlines1 contribution · 26% of ranked
$5,000
PSA Airlines1 contribution · 13% of ranked
$2,500
Empire Airlines1 contribution · 10% of ranked
$2,000
Republic Airlines1 contribution · 10% of ranked
$2,000
Endeavor Airlines1 contribution · 5.1% of ranked
$1,000
American Airlines1 contribution · 2.6% of ranked
$500
Gojet Airlnes1 contribution · 2.6% of ranked
$500
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.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
President5 contributions · 72% of ranked
$14,000
CEO1 contribution · 10% of ranked
$2,000
Chief Executive Officer1 contribution · 10% of ranked
$2,000
Chief Operating Officer1 contribution · 5.1% of ranked
$1,000
VP Flight Operations1 contribution · 2.6% of ranked
$500
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.
H.R. 6086, Aviation Funding Solvency Act) Issues related to aircraft and airport security Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act (H.R. 5634)
Issues related to the Pilot and Technician Supply Small Community Air Service (Essential Air Service Program and Small Community Air Service Development Program, HR 4552, S. 2465) Pilot and Technician Workforce Development Issues related to 5G & Spectrum (H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act) Issues related to pilot training and qualification Issues related to FAA's authority to ensure the safe operation of the national air space Issues related to the FAA Reauthorization Issues related to air traffic control modernization and workforce (H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act) Issues related to aircraft avionics, equipage, and air safety (ROTOR Act S.2503, S. 1985, Safe Operations of Shared Airspace Act of 2025;
ALERT Act, HR 7613, Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency Act, S.3929 & H.R. 8597, Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act) Issues related to Dept. of AG APHIS AQI fee for small aircraft operators Issues related to trade of civil aviation goods Issues related to pilot mental health (H.R. 2591,S. 3257 Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025) Issues related to FAA operation during a government shutdown (H.R. 5455, S. 1045, Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025;
Issues related to the Pilot and Technician Supply Small Community Air Service (Essential Air Service Program and Small Community Air Service Development Program, HR 4552, S. 2465) Pilot and Technician Workforce Development Issues related to 5G & Spectrum (H.R. 1 One Big Beautiful Bill Act) Issues related to pilot training and qualification Issues related to FAA's authority to ensure the safe operation of the national air space Issues related to the FAA Reauthorization Issues related to air traffic control modernization and workforce (H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act) Issues related to aircraft avionics, equipage, and aviation safety (ROTOR Act S.2503, S. 1985, Safe Operations of Shared Airspace Act of 2025;
ALERT Act, HR 7613, Airspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency Act) Issues related to Dept. of AG APHIS AQI fee for small aircraft operators Issues related to trade of civil aviation goods Issues related to pilot mental health (H.R. 2591,S. 3257 Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025) Issues related to FAA operation during a government shutdown (H.R. 5455, S. 1045, Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2025;
H.R. 6086, Aviation Funding Solvency Act) Issues related to aircraft and airport security
Federal Aviation Administration oversight, small community air service issues, essential air service issues, training and workforce development issues.
Infrastructure issues.
Implementation of Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58).
Issues related to 5G spectrum interference.
Issues related to the pilot shortage.
Implementation of FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (P.L. 118- 63).
ROTOR Act (S. 2503).
Issues related to FAA operations during lapse(s) in government funding.
Aviation issues in the National Defense Authorization Act for FY26 (P.L. 119-60).