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Southwest Airlines

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Political party breakdown

Corporate/PAC contributions by recipient party for Southwest Airlines.

$268,499
corporate/PAC spending
Democratic
$139,000
52%
Republican
$122,499
46%
Independent
$5,000
2%
Other
$1,000
0%
Unknown
$1,000
0%
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 Southwest Airlines's corporate/PAC contributions. Click a state to see the red/blue split and local recipients.

Dem lean Rep leanDarker = more spending

District of Columbia

$80,500 corporate/PAC to recipients in this state
Democratic
$58,000 · 72%
Republican
$21,500 · 27%
Local recipients
JASMINE FOR US
$6,500
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS
$5,000
KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESS
$5,000
RICHARD E NEAL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE
$5,000
JASON SMITH FOR CONGRESS
$5,000
NEVADANS FOR STEVEN HORSFORD
$4,000
KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESS
$3,500
PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS
$3,500
JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESS
$3,000
TONY CARDENAS FOR CONGRESS
$3,000
SCALISE FOR CONGRESS
$3,000
ROSEN FOR NEVADA
$3,000
CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESS
$2,500
FRIENDS OF BENNIE THOMPSON
$2,500
SALUD CARBAJAL FOR CONGRESS
$2,000
ANDRE CARSON FOR CONGRESS
$2,000
STANTON FOR CONGRESS
$2,000
FRIENDS OF SHERROD BROWN
$2,000
COHEN FOR CONGRESS
$2,000
GARRET GRAVES FOR CONGRESS
$2,000
SELF FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
GILLEN FOR NY
$1,000
COLLINS FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
NIKKI FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
BEATTY FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
VIRGIN ISLANDS FOR PLASKETT
$1,000
VICENTE GONZALEZ FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
NEHLS FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
NORMA TORRES FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
FRIENDS OF RAJA FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
NANCY MACE FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
AARON BEAN FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER FOR CONGRESS
$1,000
MARTIN HEINRICH FOR SENATE
$1,000
TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESS
$0
State reflects the recipient's reported state. Contributions without a disclosed state are excluded. Showing all available election cycles.

Political footprint

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

Corporate / PAC
$268,499
168 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 Southwest Airlines and which way their corporate/PAC money leans.

Leans blue

1 shown
AAlaska Air Group$68K to Democratic · 51% of total

Leans red

3 shown
DDelta Air Lines, Inc.$412K to Republican · 64% of totalAAmerican Airlines$221K to Republican · 52% of totalUUnited Airlines, Inc.$76K to Republican · 50% of total

Top political recipients

Where Southwest Airlines's corporate/PAC money went.

RecipientTypePartyAmountDate
RICHARD E NEAL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidateCandidateDemocratic$15,000Sep 4, 2025
CITIZENS TO ELECT RICK LARSENCandidateCandidateDemocratic$11,000Aug 18, 2025
GRAVES FOR CONGRESSCandidateCandidateRepublican$9,999May 12, 2025
JASMINE FOR USCandidateCandidateDemocratic$6,500Aug 18, 2025
MARC VEASEY CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidateCandidateDemocratic$6,000Aug 18, 2025
JAKE ELLZEY FOR CONGRESSCandidateCandidateRepublican$6,000Aug 18, 2025
NIKKI FOR CONGRESSCandidateCandidateDemocratic$6,000Mar 28, 2025
ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidateCandidateRepublican$5,000Sep 18, 2025
TEXANS FOR JODEY ARRINGTONCandidateCandidateRepublican$5,000Aug 18, 2025
MORAN FOR KANSASCandidateCandidateRepublican$5,000Mar 28, 2025
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PAC activity

Political committees affiliated with this company.

Corporate PACUnverified
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SWAPAC)
C00341602 · TX

Political organizations

Committees reliably associated with this company.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SWAPAC)
Corporate PAC · C00341602
Unverified

Lobbying activity

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

No disclosed lobbying

No federal lobbying filings (LDA) are linked to Southwest Airlines.

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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