Corporate PAC · WA

Premera Blue Cross Political Action Committee/premera PAC

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00409227.

Which side

Helps both parties

56% of the $31K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Democrats. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 56%Helps Republicans 44%

Backs

  1. Michael BaumgartnerRepublican$10K
  2. Rick LarsenDemocrat$5,000
  3. Patty MurrayDemocrat$5,000
  4. Suzan K. DelBeneDemocrat$5,000
  5. Lisa MurkowskiRepublican$2,500

Run by Gary Strannigan (treasurer) · Premera Blue Cross (connected company) More

On the record

Type
Corporate PAC1
Based in
Mountlake Terrace, WA1

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
Gary Strannigan1
Connected to
Premera Blue Cross1

Who funds it

It reported raising $86K: $86K from individuals and $0 from other committees.4

Individuals

We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.

  • $68K from 291 itemized gifts by individuals6
  • 6% came in gifts of $2,000 or more6
  • Top states: Washington $66K, California $1,2006

Where its donors work6

Premera Blue Cross290 gifts$67,485
Kinwell Practice MGMT Group1 gifts$100

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 September 30, 2026.2

Raised$86K
Spent$104K
Cash on hand$47K
Given to candidates and committees$38K
  • From individuals $86K
  • Other $291

Who it gives to

8 candidates, $34K in direct gifts.3

Michael Baumgartner RepublicanU.S. House, Washington 5th District (2026)$10,000
Rick Larsen DemocratU.S. House, Washington 2nd District (2026)$5,000
Patty Murray DemocratU.S. Senate, Washington (2028)$5,000
Suzan K. DelBene DemocratU.S. House, Washington 1st District (2026)$5,000
Lisa Murkowski RepublicanU.S. Senate, Alaska (2028)$2,500
James E. Risch UnknownU.S. Senate, Idaho (2026)$2,500
Kim Schrier DemocratU.S. House, Washington 8th District (2026)$2,500
Dan Newhouse RepublicanU.S. House, Washington 4th District (2026)$1,000

Sources

Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Premera Blue Cross Political Action Committee/premera PAC (C00409227)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00409227/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: Premera Blue Cross Political Action Committee/premera PAC financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00409227/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through September 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: contributions from Premera Blue Cross Political Action Committee/premera PAC to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00409227&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  5. 5
    FEC: receipts of Premera Blue Cross Political Action Committee/premera PAC, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00409227&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  6. 6
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to Premera Blue Cross Political Action Committee/premera PAC, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00409227&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026