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Swisher International

Swisher International Inc PAC Fund

Corporate PAC FEC C00312785

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$118K
Company lobbying, all issues $2.4M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Swisher International reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 4 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Tobacco8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)6 of 86/8
  • Budget/Appropriations1 of 81/8

No bills were named in this period. The filings describe issues without bill numbers.

From the filings

“Issues related to tobacco products including modern oral tobacco products; issues related to FDA reforms”
Q3 2026 filing · Tobacco
“Issues related to tariffs and trade.”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • CommerceDOC
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Bureau of Industry and SecurityBIS
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Office of Personnel ManagementOPM
  • StateDOS
  • White House Office

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 7 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Swisher International, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 27 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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