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U.S. Representative · NY · District 14

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

DemocratTerm through January 2027

Funding profile · 2023–2024 cycle

69% of the money Ocasio-Cortez raised came from small donors.

Among the most grassroots-funded in the House.

Ocasio-Cortez raised $15.3M across the two-year election cycle (2023–2024), and ended the period with $3.7M cash on hand. Here is where the money came from.

69%from small donors
Small donors
69%$10.6M
Large donors
28%$4.3M
Bundled
0%$0.0M
PACs
0%$0.0M
Other
3%$0.4M

Against the house

How Ocasio-Cortez compares to the typical member.

Small-donor share
69%vs 5% house median
PAC share
0%vs 37% house median

Who has a stake in Ocasio-Cortez

The organizations behind the money.

Ocasio-Cortez's largest organized backing comes from Machinists Non Partisan Pol. League Of The Int'L Assn. Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers. That counts the group's own PAC check plus the individual donations it bundled, not just the direct check.

Money organized for Ocasio-Cortez

Machinists Non Partisan Pol. League Of The Int'L Assn. Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers›

$10K

The political arm of the Machinists union (IAM), representing aerospace, airline, and manufacturing workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

98% Democrats · 1% Republicans · $2.0M to 230 members

Unite Here Tip Campaign Committee›$5K

Who it funds, across Congress

100% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $575K to 90 members

Seiu Cope›$5K

SEIU COPE, the political fund of the Service Employees International Union, representing health-care, janitorial, and public-service workers.

Who it funds, across Congress

99% Democrats · 0% Republicans · $1.6M to 202 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $2.0M to elect Democrats; $634K to defeat Republicans.

The Nea Fund For Children & Public Education›$4K

The National Education Association's political fund, one of the largest labor PACs, representing public-school teachers.

Who it funds, across Congress

98% Democrats · 2% Republicans · $1.5M to 238 members

Engineers Political Education Committee›$4K

The Operating Engineers' political education committee, representing heavy-equipment operators.

Who it funds, across Congress

81% Democrats · 18% Republicans · $1.6M to 233 members

Outside spending, by party

Spent $309K to elect Democrats.

The same money, by industry

Which industries have a stake.

The same organized money, grouped by the industry of the organization that moved it. It shows the interests behind Ocasio-Cortez's backing, not just the individual groups.

$18KLabor
$10KDefense
$3KIdeological
$2KHealth

Plus $3K from organizations whose FEC name did not sort into an industry.

The money spent about Ocasio-Cortez

Spent for or against.

Outside groups also spend on their own to elect or defeat Ocasio-Cortez, running ads for or against the race. This money never passes through the campaign, so it is counted apart from the money organized for Ocasio-Cortez.

All outside groups$54K
  1. Keep America America Action Fund$41K
    To help Ocasio-Cortez
    —
    To hurt Ocasio-Cortez
    $41K
  2. We Decide$12K
    To help Ocasio-Cortez
    —
    To hurt Ocasio-Cortez
    $12K
  3. Jersey Real$2K
    To help Ocasio-Cortez
    —
    To hurt Ocasio-Cortez
    $2K

FEC filings, 2023–2024 cycle · as of August 2026 · showing the top 5 funders of 12 organizations with a stake

About this data

FEC-disclosed receipts for the 2023–2024 cycle. This is the disclosed money only. Spending by outside groups that do not reveal their donors, the dark money that set a record in 2024, never appears in these figures.

Every percentage here is a share of all receipts, not of individual contributions only. So the small-donor share counts transfers, loans, and other money in its base, and can read higher than figures that divide only by individual money.

PAC figures are contributions to Ocasio-Cortez's campaign committee from FEC filings. Industry labels are grouped from each committee's name and are approximate. Joint fundraising committees and small-dollar conduits like ActBlue and WinRed are not counted.

84%want dark money disclosed

Support for requiring the groups that spend on elections to name their donors, across both parties. Congress has not passed the DISCLOSE Act.

Where Ocasio-Cortez stands