Unions spent an estimated minimum of about $1.7 billion dollars during the 2022 midterm election cycle, as President Joe Biden is courting unions and will rely on their support for the 2024 presidential election, according to data on 2022 election spending from the National Institute for Labor Relations Research.
Included in that figure is spending by Political Action Committees, or “PACs” controlled by unions. According to independent government watchdog OpenSecrets, PACs accounted for $54,677,164 of political contributions from 2021 to 2022. There were 183 union PACs that contributed to candidates, with $6,857,226 directed to Republican candidates, and $47,770,438 that went to Democratic Candidates.