Last year, three corporate PACs donated a whopping $7.5 million directly to congressional candidates, dropping checks in virtually every race for the House of Representatives.1 That kind of politics has put our democracy at risk, pushing regular voters to the sidelines as candidates work to court big money interests. As the 2016 election heats up, we thought you should know which corporate PACs are footing the bill in your state.

*Due to the small number of congressional races in North Dakota and Vermont, several corporate donors contributed equal amounts in these states. See the State-by-State Table for details.

The Corporate PAC Map shows which corporate PACs make the most direct contributions to congressional candidates state-by-state. Keep in mind, this is only the tip of the iceberg. The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United made it legal for corporations to take unlimited funds directly from their treasury for political spending. Channeled through outside groups, those contributions often go undisclosed.

While we can’t get the numbers behind secret corporate money, our map analyzes direct contributions to congressional candidates to take a look at what we do know. Here’s what we found out:

1. Businesses with the largest corporate PACs also happen to be some of the worst tax dodgers in the United States.

Honeywell International, an American multinational conglomerate, provides one of the best examples. Between 2009 and 2012, the company got $1.7 billion in tax breaks, paying an effective tax rate of one percent despite earning over $5 billion in profits. Last year, they had the biggest spending corporate PAC in 10 states across the country.2

Or take FedEx, a company that made $5.7 billion in profits between 2010 and 2012 and didn’t pay a dime in federal income taxes. Our analysis found that FedEx gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to congressional races, which is certainly more than they gave to the IRS.3

2. Corporations with high-dollar PACs also have high-dollar defense contracts.

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Honeywell, Boeing, and Bae Systems -- the list goes on. In more than a third of all states, the highest spending corporate PAC represented a defense contractor.

3. We can do something about it.

Let’s be honest, a company like New York Life shouldn’t be deciding who South Dakota voters elect. And when corporations like Walmart and Lockheed Martin step into a race, they aren’t there to raise the concerns of everyday Americans.

That’s not how elections are supposed to work, which is why we’re sending a petition to Congress, urging House leadership to bring the Democracy for All Amendment to the floor. That’s a constitutional amendment that would make it clear that corporations are not people, giving lawmakers an opportunity to reign in corporate political spending. More than 130 Members of Congress have cosponsored the amendment, but Speaker Boehner has yet to bring it up for a vote.

We need action now. Tell Speaker Boehner we want a vote on the Democracy for All Amendment.

To find out more about which corporation donated the most in your state, check out the State-by-State table below. You can also help to spread the word by sharing our map on Facebook and Twitter.

State-by-State: Highest Spending Corporate PACs

State Contributor State Contributor AK HOME DEPOT ND* MICROSOFT AL ALABAMA POWER CO ND* NORTHROP GRUMMAN AR WAL-MART ND* AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR AZ PINNACLE WEST ND* NORTH AMERICAN COAL CA AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR ND* WPX ENERGY CO LOCKHEED MARTIN NE HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL CT HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL NH BAE SYSTEMS DE CLEAR CHANNEL NJ HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL FL AT&T NM ERNST & YOUNG GA AMERICAN FAMILY & LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY NV BARRICK GOLD CORP HI HILTON WORLDWIDE NY NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE IA AT&T OH MARATHON OIL ID POTLATCH CORP OK CHESAPEAKE ENERGY IL HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL OR NIKE IN HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL PA COMCAST KS KOCH INDUSTRIES RI HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL KY MARATHON OIL SC SCANA CORP LA AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR SD NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE MA RAYTHEON TN FEDERAL EXPRESS MD NORTHROP GRUMMAN TX LOCKHEED MARTIN ME UNUM GROUP UT HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL MI DTE ENERGY VA DOMINION MN AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR VT* HOME DEPOT MO AMEREN CORP VT* HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL MS AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR VT* UNITED TECHNOLOGIES MT HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL VT* AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR NC HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL VT* TW TELECOM ND* EXXONMOBIL WA BOEING CO ND* HOME DEPOT WI NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE ND* KOCH INDUSTRIES WV KOCH INDUSTRIES WY ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES

*Due to the small number of congressional races in North Dakota and Vermont, several corporate donors contributed equal amounts in these states, each making donations of the maximum legal size in all available elections.

1 National Institute on Money in State Politics. Follow the Money. http://www.followthemoney.org. Copyright 2013.

2 Americans for Tax Fairness. Corporate Tax Dodgers 2013 Report. http://www.americansfortaxfairness.org/files/Corporate-Tax-Dodgers-Repor....

3 Americans for Tax Fairness. Corporate Tax Dodgers 2013 Report. http://www.americansfortaxfairness.org/files/Corporate-Tax-Dodgers-Repor....

Source: All data used to create the Corporate PAC Map was sourced from the National Institute on Money in State Politics through the organization’s Follow the Money tool, available at www.followthemoney.org.