Sugar
The sugar program, sugar quota, and the US sugar lobby.
Tracked receipts of sector PACs
$664,331
Direct giving to candidates
$2,651,583
IE supporting candidates
$0
IE opposing candidates
$0
Transfers to other committees
$886,600
LDA reported lobbying spend
$66,298,407
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors outside the sector gave $664K in tracked direct contributions to the 18 sector PACs tracked here, led by AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC. PAC, NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. PAC.
IIThose PACs gave $3M directly to candidates; transferred $887K to other committees ($9K of it to other PACs in this sector). The top tracked candidates by direct giving plus IE support were FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSON, KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTA, PETE STAUBER FOR CONGRESS.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 6 policy outcomes, including 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization - Sugar Provisions; US Sugar Program (Farm Bill Title I); Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions.
Network graph
Top sector PACs (18 tracked)
| # | Name | Direct to candidates | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $958K | $0 |
| 2 | AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA INC. PACpac | $761K | $0 |
| 3 | NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. PACpac | $155K | $0 |
| 4 | MICHIGAN SUGAR COMPANY GROWERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $141K | $0 |
| 5 | AMALGAMATED SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $140K | $0 |
| 6 | MINN-DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE SUGAR PAC (MDSPAC)pac | $110K | $0 |
| 7 | SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $105K | $0 |
| 8 | Western Sugar Cooperative PACpac | $97K | $0 |
| 9 | FLORIDA SUGAR CANE LEAGUE PACpac | $69K | $0 |
| 10 | UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE,pac | $53K | $0 |
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Direct contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HERSHEY COMPANY PACpac | $10K |
| 2 | Luis Fernandezperson | $10K |
| 3 | Melisa Hagenperson | $10K |
| 4 | Clint Hagenperson | $10K |
| 5 | Stacy Hagenperson | $10K |
| 6 | Brad Hagenperson | $10K |
| 7 | NELSON, JAMESperson | $8K |
| 8 | Tom Wadsworthperson | $8K |
| 9 | Jacob Maurerperson | $8K |
| 10 | Benjamin Chaffinperson | $7K |
Top candidates by sector PAC money
| # | Name | Direct from sector PACs | IE support |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONpac | $54K | $0 |
| 2 | KLOBUCHAR FOR MINNESOTApac | $49K | $0 |
| 3 | PETE STAUBER FOR CONGRESSpac | $39K | $0 |
| 4 | JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSpac | $29K | $0 |
| 5 | JULIA LETLOW FOR CONGRESSpac | $29K | $0 |
| 6 | TROY CARTER FOR CONGRESSpac | $29K | $0 |
| 7 | GABE VASQUEZ FOR CONGRESSpac | $27K | $0 |
| 8 | CITIZENS FOR BOYLEpac | $27K | $0 |
| 9 | ZINKE FOR CONGRESSpac | $27K | $0 |
| 10 | JIM COSTA FOR CONGRESSpac | $26K | $0 |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023 Farm Bill Reauthorization - Sugar Provisions legislation · pending | 18 |
| 2 | US Sugar Program (Farm Bill Title I) legislation · enacted | 14 |
| 3 | Inflation Reduction Act - Drug Pricing Provisions legislation · enacted | 3 |
| 4 | Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R.8034) legislation · enacted | 2 |
| 5 | Mexico Sugar Suspension Agreement regulation · enacted · finalized | 1 |
| 6 | Farm Bill Reauthorization 2024 legislation · failed | 1 |
Methodology
Sector PACs are the PAC-typed entities tagged sugar minus candidate, party and leadership committees (excluded by FEC designation and name rule). Every dollar figure counts only donation rows that pass the standard exclusions (no conduit memos, self-transfers, unverified name matches, quarantined or superseded rows). Direct contributions, independent expenditures supporting, independent expenditures opposing, transfers to other committees and LDA lobbying are reported as separate figures and never added together. Receipts count donors outside the sector only, so a super PAC funding its own affiliated committees is not counted twice. Lobbying amounts cover every issue on each LDA filing. Numbers reflect QPQ Tracker rows only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete.