Corporate PAC · VA
General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC)
Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00078451.
Which side
Helps both parties
59% of the $1.2M it gave candidates or spent on races helped Republicans. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.5
Helps Democrats 41%Helps Republicans 59%
Backs
- Julia LetlowRepublican$15K
- John B. LarsonDemocrat$14K
- Chellie PingreeDemocrat$10K
- Tom ColeRepublican$10K
- Ashley HinsonRepublican$10K
Run by Pete Eckerson (treasurer) · Nick Krattinger (custodian of records) · General Dynamics (connected company) More
On the record
Who runs it
The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.
- Treasurer
- Pete Eckerson2
- Custodian of records
- Nick Krattinger Director Of Accounti2
- Connected to
- General Dynamics1
Who runs the company behind it
PACs report a treasurer to the FEC, not a board. This PAC is connected to General Dynamics; these are the company's board members and top officers.8
- Phebe NovakovicChair
- Phebe NovakovicChief executive officer
- C. Howard NyeBoard member
- Catherine ReynoldsBoard member
- Cecil D. HaneyBoard member
- Charles W. HooperBoard member
- Danny DeepBoard member
- John StrattonBoard member
- Laura SchumacherBoard member
- Leon Rudy F. DeBoard member
- Mark MalcolmBoard member
- Peter WallBoard member
- Phebe NovakovicBoard member
- Richard D. ClarkeBoard member
- Robert K. SteelBoard member
- Rudy de LeonBoard member
- Ward NyeBoard member
Who funds it
It reported raising $2.2M: $2.2M from individuals and $0 from other committees.5
Individuals
We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.
- $1.9M from 8,467 itemized gifts by individuals7
- Top states: Virginia $511K, Connecticut $345K, Michigan $150K, Georgia $134K, Massachusetts $120K7
Where its donors work7
| Electric Boat | 1,362 gifts | $418,115 |
| GD Mission Systems | 1,730 gifts | $333,172 |
| General Dynamics Corporat | 854 gifts | $314,176 |
| GD Information Technology | 944 gifts | $197,532 |
| GD Land Systems | 1,512 gifts | $187,697 |
| Gulfstream Aerospace | 638 gifts | $151,903 |
| National Steel & Shipbuil | 406 gifts | $110,970 |
| General Dynamics-ots | 328 gifts | $84,158 |
| Bath Iron Works | 332 gifts | $70,801 |
| Metro Machine -nassco | 40 gifts | $15,660 |
Employers as donors wrote them. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.
Money, 2025–26
As reported to the FEC through August 31, 2026.3
Raised$2.2M
Spent$2.5M
Cash on hand$449K
Given to candidates and committees$2.4M
- From individuals $2.2M
- Other $7,000
Who it gives to
265 candidates, $1.3M in direct gifts.4
| Julia Letlow RepublicanU.S. House, Louisiana 5th District (2026) | $15,000 |
| John B. Larson DemocratU.S. House, Connecticut 1st District (2026) | $14,000 |
| Chellie Pingree DemocratU.S. House, Maine 1st District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Tom Cole RepublicanU.S. House, Oklahoma 4th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Ashley Hinson RepublicanU.S. House, Iowa 2nd District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Lisa C. McClain RepublicanU.S. House, Michigan 9th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Steve Womack RepublicanU.S. House, Arkansas 3rd District (2026) | $10,000 |
| John R. Carter RepublicanU.S. House, Texas 31st District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Ken Calvert RepublicanU.S. House, California 40th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Stephanie I. Bice RepublicanU.S. House, Oklahoma 5th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Katherine M. Clark DemocratU.S. House, Massachusetts 5th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Ed Case DemocratU.S. House, Hawaii 1st District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Pete Aguilar DemocratU.S. House, California 33rd District (2026) | $10,000 |
| David P. Joyce RepublicanU.S. House, Ohio 14th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Mike Johnson RepublicanU.S. House, Louisiana 4th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Scott H. Peters DemocratU.S. House, California 50th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Guy Reschenthaler RepublicanU.S. House, Pennsylvania 14th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Mario Diaz-Balart RepublicanU.S. House, Florida 26th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Robert J. Wittman RepublicanU.S. House, Virginia 1st District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Betty McCollum DemocratU.S. House, Minnesota 4th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Joe Courtney DemocratU.S. House, Connecticut 2nd District (2026) | $10,000 |
| John Cornyn RepublicanU.S. Senate, Texas (2026) | $10,000 |
| David G. Valadao RepublicanU.S. House, California 22nd District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Candidate H8NV03200 (FEC record) | $10,000 |
| Mark R. Warner DemocratU.S. Senate, Virginia (2026) | $10,000 |
| Hakeem S. Jeffries DemocratU.S. House, New York 8th District (2026) | $10,000 |
| Pete Ricketts RepublicanU.S. Senate, Nebraska (2026) | $10,000 |
| Jon Husted RepublicanU.S. Senate, Ohio (2026) | $10,000 |
| Cindy Hyde-Smith RepublicanU.S. Senate, Mississippi (2026) | $10,000 |
| Adam Smith DemocratU.S. House, Washington 9th District (2026) | $10,000 |
Sources
Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.
- 1FEC committee record: General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC) (C00078451)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00078451/Retrieved October 16, 2026
- 2FEC Form 1 (statement of organization): General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00078451/?tab=filingsFetched October 17, 2026
- 3FEC: General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC) financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00078451/?cycle=2026#financial-summaryThrough August 31, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
- 4FEC: contributions from General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC) to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00078451&two_year_transaction_period=2026Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
- 5Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-dataRetrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
- 6FEC: receipts of General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC), 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00078451&two_year_transaction_period=2026Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
- 7FEC: itemized individual contributions to General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC), 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00078451&two_year_transaction_period=2026Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
- 8On the record: General Dynamics (board and officers from SEC filings and Wikidata)/company/gd/