Behind the Candidates: Campaign Committees and Outside Groups

The modern presidential campaign isn't a single organization. Once a candidate declares he or she is running, there's always an official campaign committee. In addition, leadership PACs let presidential hopefuls make donations to potential political allies. The big money is in super PACs and other outside groups devoted to boosting a single candidate, which can solicit unlimited donations and later use the funds to pummel rivals – and, as seems to be happening this cycle, take on some of the duties traditionally handled by a campaign. In addition, super PACs have been formed for the sole purpose of bashing a single candidate. Outside groups aren't allowed to coordinate with campaigns, but they're often run by friends and former staffers – even family members – of the candidate they're helping. Here, we've collected all the known groups dedicated to promoting or attacking current 2016 presidential candidates – 55 and counting.

Last updated: Apr 25 2019 2:21PM

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Candidate Organization Type Total Raised
Clinton Hillary for America Campaign $563,756,928
Trump Donald J Trump for President Campaign $333,127,164
Clinton Priorities USA Action SuperPAC $192,065,768
Trump Great America PAC Carey $28,684,573
Trump Future45 SuperPAC $24,996,520
Trump Rebuilding America Now SuperPAC $22,610,717
Trump Make America Number 1 SuperPAC $20,735,129
Trump Our Principles PAC SuperPAC $19,024,903
Johnson Gary Johnson 2016 Campaign $11,983,980
Clinton Correct the Record Carey $9,710,340
Clinton Restoration PAC SuperPAC $4,060,949
Stein Jill Stein for President Campaign $3,713,170
Clinton Ready PAC Carey $3,621,815
Trump Make America Great Again SuperPAC $1,742,684
McMullin McMullin for President Campaign $1,634,822
Johnson AlternativePAC SuperPAC $1,386,971
Clinton America Rising PAC SuperPAC $1,366,915
Biden Draft Biden 2016 SuperPAC $1,024,463
Trump Committee to Restore America's Greatness SuperPAC $587,131
Trump Committee for American Sovereignty SuperPAC $485,982
Clinton Balance of Power PAC SuperPAC $462,977
Trump NeverTrump PAC SuperPAC $307,855
Clinton Help Elect Women SuperPAC $180,927
Trump Trump Victory PAC $159,772
Trump Patriots for Trump SuperPAC $131,623
Clinton HC4President SuperPAC $66,865
Trump Real People for America SuperPAC $48,261
Trump Make America Awesome SuperPAC $39,499
Trump Keystone Commonsense PAC SuperPAC $15,850
Trump American National Super PAC SuperPAC $14,966
Trump Crippled America SuperPAC $12,677
Clinton Faith Voters PAC SuperPAC $11,640
Clinton America's Teachers SuperPAC $1,828
Clinton Rape Accountability Project For Education SuperPAC $240
Trump Bring Back American Opportunity SuperPAC $179
Trump Women Vote Trump SuperPAC $0
Trump TuckFrump.com SuperPAC $0
McMullin Stand Up America SuperPAC $0
Trump TrumPAC SuperPAC $0
Trump Trump USA Super PAC SuperPAC $0
Clinton Republicans for Hillary SuperPAC $0
Trump Make America Great SuperPAC $0
Trump Let's Trump Politics SuperPAC $0
Clinton No to HRC 2016 SuperPAC $0
Trump Make America Great Again 501c4 N/A
Clinton BillForFirstLady2016.com SuperPAC $0
Trump America's Trump Card SuperPAC SuperPAC $0
Trump 45 Cmte 501c4 N/A
Clinton African Americans for Hillary SuperPAC $0
Trump Americans for Greatness SuperPAC $0
Trump Dump TRUMP SuperPAC $0
Clinton Dick Morris' Just Say No to Her! SuperPAC $0
Clinton It's About Killary SuperPAC $0
Clinton Hilary Shmilary PAC SuperPAC $0
Trump HC4DT SuperPAC $0

NOTE: All the numbers on this page are for the 2016 election cycle and based on Federal Election Commission data released electronically on Apr 25 2019 2:21PM.

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