About this race
Voters here usually back Democratic candidates by wide margins. Madeleine Dean, a Democrat, has taken $6,336 in donations linked to AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group. Aurora Stuski, a Republican, shows no AIPAC-linked donations in available records.
Key issues in Pennsylvania
Major issues facing Pennsylvania, based on 2025–2026 reporting. Compare them with what each candidate says they focus on below.
- The economy — The economy ranks as the state's most important problem in recent polling.
- Cost of living — Voters across parties struggle with prices for groceries, gas, and utilities, driving election dynamics.
- Health insurance costs — Premiums on the state marketplace doubled after federal subsidies expired, pushing thousands off coverage.
- AI data centers — Most voters oppose data centers in their communities, citing energy costs and environmental worries.
- Skill games regulation — Courts ruled skill games are slot machines, forcing lawmakers to tax or ban 70,000 machines.
- Housing costs — Rising rents and home prices squeeze household budgets in cities and suburbs alike.
Candidates & funding
Aurora Stuski Republican Nominee
Where the money comes from
FEC campaign finance data through Sep 30, 2026. Campaign dollars, by source.
| Madeleine Dean D | Aurora Stuski R | |
|---|---|---|
| Raised | $1.4M | $9K |
| Individuals | $615K45% | $9K100% |
| PACs & parties | $725K53% | $0 |
| Self-funded | $0 | $0 |
| Other | $31K2% | $0 |
| AIPAC-linked* | $6K | — |
| Outside spending† | — | — |
* AIPAC-linked money is already counted in the rows above — it flags the pro-Israel share, not extra money.
† Independent spending on ads for or against a candidate. It never goes to their campaign.
“Individuals” covers both small-dollar (under $200) and large donors.
Who are the biggest donors?
Every donor ranked by how much they gave, from the candidate’s own FEC filings — individuals, PACs, and party committees all in one list. Expand a candidate to see theirs, then tap any name to learn more about the donor.
Why are so many gifts exactly $10,000? That’s the legal maximum a PAC can give one candidate for the whole cycle — $5,000 for the primary plus $5,000 for the general — so many PACs give the max. Individuals can give up to $3,500 per election.
Madeleine Dean 761 donors
- Individual$22K
- Trade association PAC$10K
- Labor PAC$10K
- Membership PAC$10K
- PAC$10K
- Membership PAC$10K
- Labor PAC$10K
- Labor PAC$10K
- Labor PAC$10K
- Labor PAC$10K
- Corporate PAC$10K
- Corporate PAC$10K
- Labor PAC$10K
- Corporate PAC$8K
- Labor PAC$8K
- Corporate PAC$8K
- Corporate PAC$8K
- Corporate PAC$8K
- Labor PAC$8K
- Trade association PAC$8K
- Corporate PAC$8K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Individual$7K
- Corporate PAC$7K
- Corporate PAC$7K
- Corporate PAC$7K
- Corporate PAC$7K
- Corporate PAC$7K
- Corporate PAC$7K
- Individual$7K
- Labor PAC$6K
- Membership PAC$6K
- PAC$6K
- Individual$6K
- Individual$6K
- Corporate PAC$6K
- Corporate PAC$6K
- Membership PAC$6K
- Individual$5K
- Individual$5K
- Trade association PAC$5K
- Trade association PAC$5K
- Trade association PAC$5K
- Labor PAC$5K
- Corporate PAC$5K
- Corporate PAC$5K
Showing the 50 biggest of 761 donors. The other 711 gave $806K combined.
Plus $155K from small donors giving under $200 each — those aren’t itemized by name.
These figures come from the candidate’s own itemized FEC reports (2026 cycle, through the coverage date above), with amendments applied and refunds netted. Joint fundraising transfers are left out of the ranking: they’re pass-throughs, and the individual donations behind them are listed above. Bank interest, vendor refunds, and other non-donation receipts are excluded. Donor names are as reported — the same person can appear twice if their name was recorded differently. Independent spending on ads is never included here — see the Outside spending column.
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