--- title: Vice President Mike Pence Creates Own PAC: Great America description: Vice President Mike Pence is creating his own PAC called the "Great America Committee" for the 2018 or 2020 elections. canonical: https://time.com/4784340/mike-pence-creates-pac/ author: Julia Zorthian article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-18T16:37:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T07:57:09.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Vice President Mike Pence Just Created His Own PAC og:description: The PAC called the Great America Committee. og:url: https://time.com/4784340/mike-pence-creates-pac/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3bbee9b83f368ed/6988cddc97cdff69326b0c48/mike-pence-create-own-pac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5103 og:image:height: 2870 og:image:alt: mike pence create own pac og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Vice President Mike Pence Just Created His Own PAC twitter:description: The PAC called the Great America Committee. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3bbee9b83f368ed/6988cddc97cdff69326b0c48/mike-pence-create-own-pac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Vice President Mike Pence Just Created His Own PAC > Sponsored content. 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Vice President Mike Pence greets visitors in the Capitol Rotunda after attending the Senate Republican Policy luncheon on May 9, 2017. Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call,Inc.  by [Julia Zorthian](https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Updated: Dec 13, 2023 7:57 AM UTCPublished: May 18, 2017 4:37 PM UTC [Vice President Mike Pence](http://time.com/4606111/mike-pence-is-no-ordinary-wingman/) is [creating his own PAC](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/pence-creates-pac-ahead-2018-2020-elections-n761436) called the “Great America Committee” that can support candidates, including himself, in the 2018 or 2020 elections. The committee [filed paperwork with the FEC](http://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00640664/1162693/) on Wednesday, marking the first time that a sitting Vice President has launched his own PAC. Pence will use funds from the committee to, among other things, pay Air Force Two costs as he travels to campaign for Republicans or himself, NBC reports. PACs can accept donations from individuals of [up to $5,000,](http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/fecfeca.shtml) and the structure means Pence can incorporate much of his past fundraising activity into the new committee. [A source told NBC](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/pence-creates-pac-ahead-2018-2020-elections-n761436) that the money will support Pence’s run for re-election as Vice President in 2020. [**_Read More:_** **Vice Pence Is No Ordinary Wingman**](http://time.com/4606111/mike-pence-is-no-ordinary-wingman/) Pence filed to establish his PAC during a [controversial week](http://time.com/4784839/donald-trump-robert-mueller-investigation-witch-hunt/) for President Trump’s administration. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4784340/mike-pence-creates-pac/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4784340/mike-pence-creates-pac/"},"headline":"Vice President Mike Pence Just Created His Own PAC","datePublished":"2017-05-18T16:37:15.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T07:57:09.000Z","description":"The PAC called the Great America Committee.","url":"https://time.com/4784340/mike-pence-creates-pac/","keywords":["Mike Pence","politics","White House","Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3bbee9b83f368ed/6988cddc97cdff69326b0c48/mike-pence-create-own-pac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3bbee9b83f368ed/6988cddc97cdff69326b0c48/mike-pence-create-own-pac.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"mike pence create own pac","caption":"mike pence create own pac","creditText":"Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call,Inc.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mike-pence/","name":"Mike Pence"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4784340/mike-pence-creates-pac/","name":"Vice President Mike Pence Just Created His Own PAC"}}]}] ```