YASS TRACKER

YASS TRACKER

Jeff Yass is the largest campaign donor in Pennsylvania state politics. According to TransparencyUSA, Yass has spent over $75 million in Pennsylvania elections since 2017. His money flows through a large network of political action committees (PACs) and gets funneled to mostly Republican elected officials along with some Democrats. 

The Yass Tracker allows Pennsylvania voters to see if their state legislator or statewide elected official has received money from one of the many PACs funded by Yass since 2017. The tracker includes in-kind contributions and contributions to candidates’ leadership PACs in the total amount received from Yass’s PACs. The tracker was last updated November 19, 2024. 

Disclaimer

This Tracker shows eight Yass affiliated PACs and their total funding of current elected officials at the state level in Pennsylvania since 2017. The eight PACs included in the Tracker receive over 65% of their funding either directly from Jeff Yass or from core Yass funded PACs. 

The PACs funded by Jeff Yass can be broken down into three tiers:

First Tier PACs: 

  1. Students First (receives over 99% of funding directly from Yass) 

  2. Pennsylvania Rising PAC (receives 89% of its funding directly from Yass) 

Second Tier PACs: 

  1. Commonwealth Children’s Choice Fund (receives 90% of its funding from Students First PAC)

  2. Commonwealth Leaders Fund (receives 96% of its funding from Commonwealth Children’s Choice Fund and Students First Fund)

Third Tier PACs: 

  1. Excellent Schools PAC (receives 73% of its funding from Students First PAC)

  2. Citizens Alliance for PA (receives 68% of its funding from Students First PAC and Commonwealth Leaders Fund)

  3. Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association (PMA PAC) (receives 67% of its funding from Commonwealth Children’s Choice Fund and Commonwealth Leaders Fund) 

  4. PA Leaders Action Fund (receives 74% of its funding from Students First PAC)