Kim Schrier pledged in 2018 not to take corporate PAC money and said she would take on Big Pharma and insurance. In 2025-26 her campaign took $381,000 from corporate PACs, including drugmakers' and insurers'.
- 16 APR 2018PLEDGED
- 17 OCT 2018SAID
- 12 AUG 2022VOTED
- 2025–26≠ FUNDED
≠ A no-corporate-PAC pledge (2018) and corporate PAC receipts (2025-26)
1 · PLEDGED · 16 APR 2018
“Dr. Kim Schrier today promised to not accept corporate PAC support in her race for Washington’s 8th Congressional District.”
Her campaign's press release. It quotes her: “We will never have a government that works for everyone until we reduce the influence of corporate interests in our politics.”
2 · SAID · 17 OCT 2018
“I will take on big pharma and insurance to make sure people get the care they need. And that is why we need money out of politics.”
Debate with Dino Rossi, after saying the attack ads on her came from a super PAC funded by fossil fuel, pharma and insurance companies.
3 · VOTED · 12 AUG 2022
| Bill | H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act (incl. Medicare drug-price negotiation) |
|---|---|
| Question | On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendment: passed 220-207 (roll call 420) |
| Schrier | Yea |
4 · ≠ FUNDED · 2025–26
| Corporate PACs | $381,000 from 113 PACs the FEC classifies as corporate (1 Jan 2025–14 Oct 2026) |
|---|---|
| Drugmakers' PACs | $79,000 from 24 (e.g. Viatris $10,000; Pfizer, Sanofi $7,500; Lilly, Merck, AbbVie, Amgen $5,000 each) |
| Insurers' and PBMs' PACs | $49,500 from 12 (e.g. Cambia, Elevance, Molina $9,000 each; CVS Health $4,000) |
| Not counted | Trade-association, membership, labor and other PACs |
DID THEY EXPLAIN? NOT THAT WE FOUND
We found no statement from them explaining this.
HOW WE CHECKED THIS
The debate quote was transcribed from the KING 5 video with two speech models; the pledge is quoted from her campaign's release, still on her site. PAC totals were computed from all nine of her 2025-26 filed FEC reports, with each giving PAC's type taken from the FEC committee master file; refunds netted, memo entries excluded. The vote was read on clerk.house.gov on 29 Oct 2026. Spot an error? Tell us, and we’ll correct it in public.