How much has Walgreens’ PAC given to Republican versus Democratic candidates over the last five election cycles?
Executive summary
Walgreen Co. PAC’s federal giving over the last five two‑year election cycles shows relatively modest totals with no consistent heavy tilt toward either party in the public record: OpenSecrets lists $238,000 in contributions for 2023–2024 and $543,138 raised in 2019–2020, while reporting for 2021–2022 shows roughly $121,750 in contributions split nearly evenly between Democrats and Republicans (about 49% to Democrats, 51% to Republicans) [1] [2] [3]. Federal Election Commission records confirm the PAC’s multi‑cycle activity but the available reporting here does not provide a complete party‑by‑party dollar breakdown for every one of the last five cycles [4].
1. What the question requires and what the sources actually contain
The user asks for a party‑by‑party dollar comparison across the last five election cycles for Walgreens’ corporate PAC; that demands cycle‑level totals and clear Republican vs. Democratic splits. OpenSecrets and the FEC are the primary public sources for these figures; the OpenSecrets pages in the reporting give cycle totals for 2023–2024 and 2019–2020 and a cycle‑level contribution total and partisan percentage for 2021–2022, while the FEC committee page documents the PAC’s registration and the two‑year cycles available for query but does not appear in these snippets to list every party breakdown for all five cycles [1] [2] [3] [4].
2. Known cycle totals and partisan splits from available reporting
OpenSecrets lists Walgreen Co. PAC contributions to federal candidates as $238,000 for 2023–2024 [1]. For 2019–2020 the PAC raised $543,138 in that cycle’s reporting summary [2]. Reporting cited by Crain’s/Chicago Business shows the PAC gave at least $121,750 to federal candidates in 2021–2022 and characterizes that cycle’s giving as roughly 49% to Democrats and 51% to Republicans [3]. Those three data points are concrete in the provided sources; they indicate modest totals and, in the most granular cited cycle (2021–2022), essentially an even partisan split [3].
3. Pattern, comparison and political posture
Taken together, the fragments point to a PAC that gives to both parties rather than overwhelmingly to one side — a common corporate practice described in the coverage and echoed in comparisons to peers like CVS, whose PAC reportedly gave more to Democrats in 2021–2022 [3]. Industry reporting also frames pharmaceutical and retail PAC behavior as hedging bets across the aisle, and Walgreens’ resumption of giving after a pledge to suspend some donations in 2021 drew public backlash, underscoring the reputational risk companies face when their contribution patterns are scrutinized [5] [6].
4. Limits of the available reporting and how to get a definitive answer
The sources provided do not include an explicit, cycle‑by‑cycle Republican vs. Democratic dollar table for all five most recent cycles; OpenSecrets and the FEC contain that granular data but the snippets here only surface certain cycles [1] [2] [3] [4]. To produce a definitive party‑by‑party dollar tally for the last five cycles, one must pull the full contribution recipient reports from the FEC committee page for WALGREEN CO PAC (C00160770) and/or the OpenSecrets PAC recipient pages for each cycle [4] [7]. Absent that extraction, the best supportable conclusion from the cited reporting is that Walgreens’ PAC contributions in recent cycles have been relatively small compared with major corporate PACs and — where detailed breakdowns are shown — roughly balanced between Democrats and Republicans [2] [3] [1].
5. Bottom line
From the publicly cited snapshots: Walgreen Co. PAC contributed $238,000 in 2023–2024, $121,750 in 2021–2022 with an almost even 49/51 Democratic/Republican split, and reported raising $543,138 in 2019–2020; the provided materials do not supply the full Republican vs. Democratic dollar totals across all five most recent cycles, so a complete, line‑item partisan tally requires consulting the FEC/OpenSecrets cycle recipient exports [1] [2] [3] [4].