Local 98 campaign expenses list more than three dozen current and former public officials who benefitted from $100,000 or more in financial support from the union’s Committee on Political Education, a political action committee. The totals shown below include direct contributions and campaign-related support by the labor union since 2000. Candidates are grouped by the highest office held or sought. Many candidates have run for multiple offices.
Name | Offices held or sought | Total financial support since 2000 |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Dougherty | State Supreme Court justice; former Common Pleas judge | $1,493,3211493321 |
| Tom Wolf | Pennsylvania governor | $1,069,3141069314 |
| Bill Keller | Former state representative | $954,146954146 |
| Ed Rendell | Former governor; former Philadelphia mayor and district attorney | $611,317611317 |
| Anthony H. Williams | State senator; former state representative | $447,128447128 |
| Ed Neilson | State representative.; former City Council member | $420,534420534 |
| Stephen Zappala | Allegheny County district attorney; lost Democratic primary for attorney general in 2016 | $340,760340760 |
| Seamus McCaffery | Former state supreme court justice; former Superior Court judge; former Muncipal Court judge | $340,557340557 |
| Kevin Boyle | State representative | $222,372222372 |
| Josh Shapiro | State attorney general; former Montgomery County commissioner | $220,000220000 |
| Dominic Pileggi | Common Pleas judge; former state senator | $200,000200000 |
| Jack Panella | President judge, state Superior Court; former Common Pleas judge | $199,589199589 |
| Vincent Fumo | Former state senator | $159,323159323 |
| John Perzel | Former House speaker | $157,500157500 |
| Danny Savage | Former City Council member; lost 2014 state senate bid | $157,308157308 |
| Frank Dermody | State representative | $152,500152500 |
| Angel Cruz | State representative | $141,334141334 |
| Mike Driscoll | State representative | $129,144129144 |
| Jonathan Rowan | Lost bid for state House in 2018 | $119,572119572 |
| Vincent Hughes | State senator | $119,500119500 |
| Rob McCord | Former state treasurer | $115,562115562 |
| Maria McLaughlin | Superior Court judge; Former Common Pleas judge | $113,431113431 |
| Mike O'Brien | Deceased state representative | $112,686112686 |
| Sharif Street | State senator, son of former Mayor John Street | $106,500106500 |
| Pam Hacker | Lost bid for state representative in 2018 | $104,224104224 |
| Mike Stack | Former lieutenant governor | $102,476102476 |
