AFSCME PEOPLE
Public employees union political program
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FEC committee: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E. Figures cover this registered committee, not its parent organization or wider network.
Reported activity: Jan 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026. Captured Oct 14, 2026.
Money raised
$18,550,825.62
Total receipts this cycle
Money spent
$9,278,685.43
Total disbursements this cycle
Cash on hand
$10,995,287.43
At the latest reporting cutoff
Debt owed
$3,750,000.00
At the latest reporting cutoff
Where it comes from
- Individual contributions
- $13,887,070.15
- Itemized
- $1,568,746.64
- Unitemized
- $12,318,323.51
- Other committee contributions
- $0.00
- Party committee contributions
- $0.00
- Transfers from affiliated committees
- $834,005.76
- Transfers from nonfederal accounts
- $0.00
- Loans received
- $3,750,000.00
- Loan repayments received
- $0.00
- Operating offsets
- $3,770.03
- Other federal receipts
- $40,979.68
Where it goes
- Contributions to candidates and committees
- $2,946,000.00
- Independent expenditures
- $0.00
- Transfers to affiliated committees
- $3,089,757.28
- Operating expenditures
- $112,356.84
- Contribution refunds
- $16,165.13
- Loan repayments
- $1,822,677.08
- Loans made
- $0.00
- Other disbursements
- $1,291,729.10
Selected FEC reporting categories, not additional totals. Indented rows are included in their parent category. Independent expenditures are spending for or against candidates, not money handed to them. Transfers can appear on both committees’ books, so committee totals are not summed into a network total here.
Compare reporting cycles
Compare the reported amounts and cutoff dates side by side. An unfinished cycle is not a like-for-like growth comparison with a completed cycle.
| Reported metric | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting cutoff | Dec 31, 2024 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Money raised | $19,527,198.18 | $18,550,825.62 |
| Money spent | $19,722,894.71 | $9,278,685.43 |
| Cash on hand | $1,723,147.24 | $10,995,287.43 |
| Debt owed | $1,822,677.08 | $3,750,000.00 |
Source details and reporting method
- Committee name in the FEC response
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
- Debts owed to the committee
- $0.00
- Captured response SHA-256
- 9d1e3e964ef8262a2f458a56d0be37a3215051b0b3bbfe4c9d338535379933a0
These are FEC summary figures, not a sum of itemized transactions. Cash and debt are balances at the reporting cutoff, not today’s balances. Missing fields remain unreported. Figures may change when amended filings are processed.
Inspect preserved FEC response ↗The operation.
AFSCME PEOPLE (Public Employees Organized to Promote Legislative Equality) is the federal PAC of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, the largest US public-sector union with roughly 1.4 million members. AFSCME has been a top-five labor political spender for two decades and contributes almost exclusively to Democratic candidates and party committees. Its president is Lee Saunders.
Major donors.
Notable races.
Sources.
Questions about AFSCME PEOPLE.
What is AFSCME PEOPLE?
AFSCME PEOPLE is the federal political action committee of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees. AFSCME represents roughly 1.4 million state and local government workers — sanitation, corrections, social services, hospital, library, and parks employees — making it the largest US public-sector union.
How much does AFSCME spend on politics?
AFSCME's federal political spending — direct PAC contributions plus independent expenditures through affiliated committees and transfers — totals roughly $15–25 million per cycle. The union also spends heavily in state-level races, particularly gubernatorial and state legislative campaigns that affect public-employee bargaining rights.
Why does AFSCME care about Janus v. AFSCME?
The 2018 Supreme Court ruling in Janus v. AFSCME ended mandatory union fees for non-member public employees, projected to cost public-sector unions tens of millions in dues revenue. AFSCME has since prioritized state and judicial races that affect union organizing rights.