American Airlines

Probable

AAL·Aviation

Political party breakdown

Corporate/PAC contributions by recipient party for American Airlines.

$423,500

corporate/PAC spending

Republican

$221,000

52%

Democratic

$198,500

47%

Independent

$3,000

Unknown

$1,000

Party is taken from the recipient's official filing. Transactions without a disclosed party are labeled Unknown — never inferred.

Where the money went by state

Geographic breakdown of American Airlines's corporate/PAC contributions. Click a state to see the red/blue split and local recipients.

Dem lean Rep leanDarker = more spending

California

$39,500 corporate/PAC to recipients in this state

Democratic

$28,500 · 72%

Republican

$11,000 · 28%

Local recipients

KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESS

$10,000

LOU CORREA FOR CONGRESS

$9,000

PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS

$8,500

JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESS

$3,500

TED LIEU FOR CONGRESS

$2,500

SALUD CARBAJAL FOR CONGRESS

$2,000

NORMA TORRES FOR CONGRESS

$2,000

JOHN DUARTE FOR CONGRESS

$1,000

HUFFMAN FOR CONGRESS

$1,000

State reflects the recipient's reported state. Contributions without a disclosed state are excluded. Showing all available election cycles.

Political footprint

Money associated with American Airlines, separated by source. No combined totals.

Corporate / PAC

$423,500

268 contributions

Directly attributable to the company or its registered PAC.

Figures reflect committee/PAC spending only. Individual-contributor (Schedule A) data is excluded per FEC commercial-use restrictions. Showing all available election cycles.

Federal only. BuyAligned tracks political money disclosed to the FEC — federal candidates, parties, and PACs. It does not include state- or local-level contributions (e.g., ballot measures, state candidates), which are disclosed to separate state agencies and are out of scope here.

Similar companies by political lean

Consumer competitors of American Airlines and which way their corporate/PAC money leans.

Leans blue

2 shown

SSouthwest Airlines$139K to Democratic · 52% of total AAlaska Air Group$68K to Democratic · 51% of total

Leans red

2 shown

DDelta Air Lines, Inc.$412K to Republican · 64% of total UUnited Airlines, Inc.$76K to Republican · 50% of total

Top political recipients

Where American Airlines's corporate/PAC money went.

Recipient	Type	Party	Amount	Date
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Democratic	$12,500	Mar 3, 2025
CARLOS GIMENEZ FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Republican	$11,000	Jul 20, 2026
CITIZENS TO ELECT RICK LARSENCandidate	Candidate	Democratic	$10,000	Jul 27, 2026
JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Republican	$10,000	Sep 15, 2025
GARRET GRAVES FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Republican	$10,000	Nov 7, 2023
KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Republican	$10,000	Jan 25, 2023
FRIENDS OF RAJA FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Democratic	$9,500	Mar 27, 2025
LOU CORREA FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Democratic	$9,000	Jul 20, 2026
GRAVES FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Republican	$9,000	Jul 1, 2025
PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate	Candidate	Democratic	$8,500	Sep 2, 2025

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PAC activity

Political committees affiliated with this company.

QVerified

AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPAC)

C00107300 · DC

Political organizations

Committees reliably associated with this company.

AMERICAN AIRLINES INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPAC)

Q · C00107300

Verified

Lobbying activity

Federal lobbying filings disclosed by American Airlines (LDA / Senate records), kept separate from contributions.

Total disclosed

$12,680,000

Filings

Top registrant

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

$7,400,000

Aviation/Airlines/Airports · 78Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities · 41Taxation/Internal Revenue Code · 28Transportation · 19Homeland Security · 18

Date

Registrant

Amount

2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
THE DOERRER GROUP LLC
Homeland Security; Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities; Trade (domestic/foreign); Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Budget/Appropriations
$40,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities; Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Homeland Security; Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Trade (domestic/foreign)
$60,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
ELEVATE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities; Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Budget/Appropriations; Travel/Tourism
$60,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Transportation; Homeland Security
$50,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
CHESAPEAKE ENTERPRISES
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$40,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
$1,320,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
VENABLE LLP
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$60,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
CGCN GROUP, LLC
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities; Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
$80,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
PENN AVENUE PARTNERS
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Budget/Appropriations
$200,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
COVENANT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
Transportation; Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$50,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
THE SIMMONS & RUSSELL GROUP, LLC
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$60,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
EMPIRE CONSULTING GROUP
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$70,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
TSG ADVOCATES DC, LLC
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Transportation; Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Environment/Superfund; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$45,000
2026-06-30
2nd Quarter - Report 2026
AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$50,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
TSG ADVOCATES DC, LLC
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Transportation; Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Environment/Superfund; Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
$45,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
VENABLE LLP
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$90,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
CGCN GROUP, LLC
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills); Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities; Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
$80,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
CHESAPEAKE ENTERPRISES
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$40,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
COVENANT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, LLC
Transportation; Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$50,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
PENN AVENUE PARTNERS
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Budget/Appropriations
$200,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
THE SIMMONS & RUSSELL GROUP, LLC
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$60,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
THE DOERRER GROUP LLC
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Budget/Appropriations; Homeland Security; Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities; Trade (domestic/foreign)
$40,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
EMPIRE CONSULTING GROUP
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
$70,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
CASSIDY & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Transportation; Homeland Security
$50,000
2026-03-31
1st Quarter - Report 2026
WILLIAMS AND JENSEN, PLLC
Aviation/Airlines/Airports; Homeland Security; Taxation/Internal Revenue Code; Trade (domestic/foreign); Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
$60,000

Lobbying amounts are income/expense figures reported in each LDA filing and are shown per filing, not summed into the contribution totals above. Showing all available years.

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