Fighting for More Regulations Near You: Trial Lawyers Give 99 Percent of PAC Funds to Democrats

Major trial-lawyer PACs have spent $29 million — 99 percent of their total expenditure — to support Democratic candidates and aligned committees since 2017, the consumer-advocacy group Alliance for Consumers (AFC) revealed in a report released Wednesday.

In the report shared exclusively with National Review, AFC outlines the web of federal political action committees (PACs) funded by major trial lawyers, including the AAJ PAC, the Justice 2018–2024 PACs, and the Truth and Justice Fund Company. Altogether, since 2017, these PACs have put more than $10 million toward supporting Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate, around $8 million more toward supporting Democratic candidates for the U.S. House, and substantial sums to support other major progressive entities.

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Kayla Bartsch

Kayla Bartsch is a former William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism at National Review.

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Major trial-lawyer PACs have spent $29 million — 99 percent of their total expenditure — to support Democratic candidates and aligned committees since 2017, the consumer-advocacy group Alliance for Consumers (AFC) revealed in a report released Wednesday.

In the report shared exclusively with National Review, AFC outlines the web of federal political action committees (PACs) funded by major trial lawyers, including the AAJ PAC, the Justice 2018–2024 PACs, and the Truth and Justice Fund Company. Altogether, since 2017, these PACs have put more than $10 million toward supporting Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate, around $8 million more toward supporting Democratic candidates for the U.S. House, and substantial sums to support other major progressive entities.