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K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC)

No lobbying disclosures, no federal contracts -- just a substantial run of campaign giving, $375K reported to the FEC. Data through August 2026.

$375K
Combined activity
$375K
Contributions

The verdict

K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC) ranks in the top 30% of 21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity, with its only tracked channel being a substantial run of campaign giving, led by Robert P. Jr. Casey.

Top 30%
of 21,666 tracked organizations
$375K
campaign contributions

Where K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC)'s total federal influence footprint sits

21,666 organizations with tracked federal activity

$374,500 6574th of 21666 higher than 15,092 of 21,666 organizations

the full population, bucketed by value

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Source FEC contributions, LDA lobbying disclosures, and USASpending federal contracts · August 2026

Politicians supported

188

distinct FEC recipients

Lobbying years filed

0

LDA disclosure years

LDA issue areas

0

distinct policy categories

K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC)'s influence activity score

Each tracked channel is percentile-scored against its own national benchmark, then averaged across only the channels that apply to a pac -- not one dollar sum where contract size can drown out everything else.

Overall activity score

F

30/100

Campaign contributions

A

100/100 · $375K

Lobbying expenditures

F

7/100 · $0

Federal contracts

F

2/100 · $0

Independent expenditures

F

10/100 · $0

What K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC)'s recorded federal activity shows

K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC), with a disclosed filing address in DC,'s only channel in this dataset is campaign giving: a a substantial PAC history totaling $375K, topped by Robert P. Jr. Casey, with no lobbying disclosures or federal contracts on record.

On the campaign side, K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC)'s PAC contributions reached 188 federal politicians, led by Robert P. Jr. Casey at $8K.

Politicians supported

Robert P. Jr. Casey$8KDebra S. Fischer$8KMartin Heinrich$7KJacky Rosen$7KTimothy Michael Kaine$7KTammy Baldwin$6KRoger Sen. Wicker$6KR. Jon Tester$6K
Top recipients of K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC) PAC contributions · FEC (2024 cycle)
Politician Party Amount
Robert P. Jr. Casey D $8K
Debra S. Fischer R $8K
Martin Heinrich D $7K
Jacky Rosen D $7K
Timothy Michael Kaine D $7K
Tammy Baldwin D $6K
Roger Sen. Wicker R $6K
R. Jon Tester D $6K
John A Barrasso R $5K
Steve Mr Scalise R $5K
Thomas Earl Jr. Emmer R $5K
Mazie K. Hirono D $5K
Rick Larsen D $5K
Samuel B. Jr. Graves R $4K
Charles J Fleischmann R $4K
Rafael Edward Ted Cruz R $4K
Matthew A. Cartwright D $4K
Richard E Neal D $4K
Katherine Clark D $4K
Marie Gluesenkamp perez D $4K
David P. Joyce R $4K
Dan Newhouse R $4K
Marcy Hon. M.c. Kaptur D $4K
Bryan George Steil R $4K
William P Huizenga R $4K
Tom Cole R $4K
Pete Ricketts R $4K
Elise M. Stefanik R $4K
Mary Peltola D $4K
Doris Matsui D $4K
Susan Wild D $4K
Garret Graves R $3K
Hakeem Jeffries D $3K
Betty Mccollum D $3K
D. Adam Smith D $3K
Pete Aguilar D $3K
Garland Andy Barr R $3K
Ken Calvert R $3K
Steven Alexzander Horsford D $3K
Frank Jr Pallone D $3K
Cliff Bentz R $3K
Jimmy Panetta D $3K
James Comer R $3K
Ann L. Wagner R $3K
James French Hill R $3K
Suzan K Delbene D $3K
Andrea Salinas D $3K
John Trent Kelly R $3K
Cathy Mcmorris rodgers R $3K
John Curtis R $3K

Nationwide peers with similar federal activity

Cross-state nearest neighbors on two independent axes, combined tracked activity and Senate LDA lobbying spend, so the lattice is not filing-state containment.

Similar combined federal activity

Other organizations with nearest total contributions + lobbying + contracts ($375K here), outside DC filing-state peers.

Frequently asked questions

How much recorded federal activity does K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC) have?

K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC) has a combined recorded federal activity total of $375K, made up of $375K in campaign contributions. This is a convenience sum across three separate official populations, not a measure of causal political influence. Data from FEC filings, Senate LDA disclosures, and USAspending.gov for 2023-2024.

Which politicians does K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC) support?

K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC) contributed $375K to political campaigns during the 2024 election cycle through its PAC. K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC) supported 188 politicians, with the largest contribution going to Robert P. Jr. Casey ($8K). All contribution data is sourced from Federal Election Commission filings.

Where does the data about K&L Gates LLP Political Action Committee (DC) come from?

PlainInfluence aggregates data from three federal sources: the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for campaign contributions, the Senate Office of Public Records for lobbying disclosures under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, and USAspending.gov for federal contract awards. Data covers the 2023-2024 reporting period.

What is "combined activity" and how is it calculated?

Combined activity (internally total_influence) is a convenience sum of three different official populations: FEC campaign contributions (2024 election cycle), Senate LDA lobbying expenditures (2023 and 2024 filing years, summed), and USAspending federal contract obligations (fiscal year 2024). It is a cross-dataset discovery index only, not causation, effectiveness, or political influence. Channel dollars are shown side by side; see /methodology#cross-stage-populations.

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Every figure traces to a real FEC, LDA, or USASpending filing; contribution and lobbying totals are not the same as spending on any specific outcome.

According to the Federal Election Commission and the Senate Office of Public Records, more than 14,000 political action committees and over 12,500 lobbying registrants filed disclosure reports covering the 2024 election cycle and calendar-year 2024 lobbying period respectively. Every figure on this page comes from official FEC, Senate LDA, or USAspending.gov filings, described on our methodology page. Data was last updated in August 2026.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainInfluence.

Every figure on PlainInfluence is rendered directly from official FEC, Senate LDA and USAspending records, no number is typed in by an editor. Contribution, lobbying, and contract totals are aggregated directly from FEC, Senate LDA, and USAspending bulk data, no figure is hand-entered. Disclosed contributions, lobbying, and contracts are lawful, regulated activities, appearing on this page is not an allegation of wrongdoing. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, our disclaimer, or report a data error. Data current as of 2023-2024.