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= Between 40% and 59% to both parties
= Leans Dem/Repub (60%-69%)
= Strongly Dem/Repub (70%-89%)
= Solidly Dem/Repub (over 90%)

Rank Organization Name Total Contribution Tilt
1989-2004 Cycles
Contribution Tilt
2003/2004 Only
1 American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $35,744,881      
2 National Assn of Realtors $26,307,668
3 National Education Assn $24,720,823      
4 Assn of Trial Lawyers of America $24,265,416     
5 Communications Workers of America $22,977,494      
6 Service Employees International Union $22,973,975     
7 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $22,559,730      
8 Laborers Union $22,042,807     
9 American Medical Assn $21,988,330  
10 Teamsters Union $21,883,542     
11 Carpenters & Joiners Union $21,851,447     
12 FedEx Corp $21,247,679
13 Goldman Sachs $21,244,325
14 Altria Group $21,037,047  
15 United Auto Workers $20,949,835      
16 American Federation of Teachers $20,559,945      
17 AT&T $19,780,358
18 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $19,446,679      
19 Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union $19,398,414      
20 Citigroup Inc $18,013,282
21 United Parcel Service $17,929,945  
22 National Auto Dealers Assn $17,805,292  
23 National Assn of Home Builders $15,839,865
24 National Assn of Letter Carriers $15,565,234    
25 AFL-CIO $15,069,452      
26 National Rifle Assn $14,899,599    
27 American Bankers Assn $14,732,672
28 Time Warner $14,707,257  
29 SBC Communications $13,993,396
30 Microsoft Corp $13,928,091
31 EMILY's List $13,892,446      
32 National Beer Wholesalers Assn $13,440,754    
33 JP Morgan Chase & Co $13,317,976
34 Verizon Communications $13,232,857
35 BellSouth Corp $12,991,332
36 Lockheed Martin $12,666,571
37 Ernst & Young $12,652,444
38 Sheet Metal Workers Union $12,364,901      
39 Morgan Stanley $12,242,725
40 American Dental Assn $11,615,742
41 American Hospital Assn $11,606,720
42 RJR Nabisco/RJ Reynolds Tobacco $11,549,147     
43 Bank of America $11,375,313
44 General Electric $11,351,603
45 Blue Cross/Blue Shield $11,292,465
46 Credit Union National Assn $10,986,219
47 Union Pacific Corp $10,833,893    
48 United Steelworkers of America $10,735,797      
49 American Institute of CPAs $10,727,835
50 Merrill Lynch $10,727,586  
51 Plumbers & Pipefitters Union $10,690,133      
52 Air Line Pilots Assn $10,478,347    
53 PricewaterhouseCoopers $10,423,372  
54 United Transportation Union $10,324,258    
55 AFLAC Inc $10,323,055
56 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu $10,254,457  
57 MBNA Corp $10,053,306    
58 International Assn of Fire Fighters $9,846,738    
59 American Financial Group $9,444,314     
60 Boeing Co $9,259,674
61 Pfizer Inc $9,244,730  
62 National Assn of Retired Federal Employees $8,927,900    
63 ChevronTexaco $8,902,285    
64 Ironworkers Union $8,817,338      
65 Anheuser-Busch $8,670,159
66 Freddie Mac $8,629,671
67 Operating Engineers Union $8,622,895    
68 UST Inc $8,619,852    
69 Walt Disney Co $8,488,046
70 General Motors $8,394,368
71 Credit Suisse First Boston $8,261,891
72 Exxon Mobil $8,192,532    
73 American Postal Workers Union $8,123,311     
74 National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn $8,117,986
75 MCI Inc $8,077,022
76 Prudential Financial $7,932,472
77 American International Group $7,803,209
78 Archer Daniels Midland $7,713,639
79 General Dynamics $7,712,016
80 National Assn of Insurance & Financial Advisors $7,677,430   
81 National Cmte to Preserve Social Security & Medicare $7,610,493    
82 Southern Co $7,457,648  
83 Human Rights Campaign $7,386,269     
84 GlaxoSmithKline $7,348,547    
85 Amway Corp $7,325,141      
86 National Cmte for an Effective Congress $7,151,774      
87 American Academy of Ophthalmology $7,071,686
88 Eli Lilly & Co $7,013,041    
89 National Restaurant Assn $6,950,599     
90 Metropolitan Life $6,949,526
91 CSX Corp $6,943,980    
92 American Maritime Officers $6,766,381
93 Associated General Contractors $6,747,166     
94 Seafarers International Union $6,698,174    
95 Enron Corp $6,559,257  
96 Bristol-Myers Squibb $6,549,182  
97 Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn $6,465,505    
98 American Council of Life Insurers $6,403,518
99 Andersen $6,197,716

Based on data released by the FEC on Monday, March 28, 2005.