Here are the largest contributors to federal candidates, parties and outside groups by dollar amount. All donations occurred during the 2021-22 election cycle. The data was released Oct. 23 by the Federal Election Commission.
1. National Automobile Dealers Association
Democrats: $527,000
Republicans: $1,399,500
Total contributions: $1,926,500
2. General Motors
Democrats: $715,016
Republicans: $557,178
Total contributions: $1,281,350*
3. Toyota Motor North America
Democrats: $501,160
Republicans: $472,360
Liberal groups: $7,825
Total contributions: $981,345
4. Ford Motor Co.
Democrats: $466,421
Republicans: $419,507
Liberal groups: $52,094
Total contributions: $942,921*
5. Automotive Free International Trade PAC
Democrats: $40,000
Republicans: $726,500
Total contributions: $766,500
6. Archer Auto Group
Republicans: $603,621
Conservative groups: $73,614
Total contributions: $679,635*
7. Auto Care Association
Democrats: $300,000
Republicans: $315,000
Total contributions: $645,000*
8. Crawford Group
Democrats: $51,615
Republicans: $585,745
Total contributions: $639,747*
9. Freeman Auto Group
Republicans: $453,850
Conservative groups: $7,700
Total contributions: $462,100*
10. Dream Motor Group
Republicans: $61,450
Conservative groups: $350,000
Total contributions: $422,050*
Party breakdown
Total to Democrats: $5,969,585
Total to Republicans: $18,024,194
Total contributions from automotive industry: $27,049,322*
*Smaller contributions were made to groups classified as Democrat, Republican, other party, liberal, conservative, independent or no view.
Source: OpenSecrets
