ExxonMobil Top Corporate PAC Donor By % To Republicans

Of those corporate PACS giving federal candidates $150,000 or more this cycle, ExxonMobil Corp. PAC ranks #1 in their percentage of funds going to Republican candidates. ExxonMobil Corp. PAC has given out $197,200 to federal candidates through 9/30 and of that 91% or $179,850 has gone to Republican candidates.

In second place is Outback Steakhouse Inc. PAC that gave 90% of its $196,000 in candidate contributions to Republican candidates. HomeDepot Inc. PAC was third after they gave 89% of their $227,500 in candidate contributions to Republican candidates. Fourth was R.J. Reynolds PAC giving 87% of their $327,500 federal candidate money to Republican candidates. Fifth was Wachovia Corp. Employees Good Government Federal Fund that gave 84% of its $159,000 in federal candidate contributions to Republican candidates.

• View a listing of the 57 corporate PACs giving $150,000 or more to federal candidates this cycle.

• FECInfoPro’s 25 year profile of ExxonMobil PAC indicates it has averaged 91% to Republicans from 1980 to 2005. Since the Republicans took over in the House in 1994 the PAC has averaged 94.1% to Republicans.