Money around Pete Aguilar · 5 election cycles on record
Three different things, kept apart on purpose. Direct PAC is money a political action committee gave the campaign committee. Outside spending for is independent expenditures supporting the member (FEC 24E/24C). Outside spending against is independent expenditures opposing them (24A/24F) — often the largest bucket, and it is money spent to defeat the member, so it is never added to the other two.
Direct PAC contributions
$7.7M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$32K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$23K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.5M | $24 | — |
| 2024 | $2.6M | $10K | $157 |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1K | $16K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $2K | $4K |
| 2018 | $1.0M | $18K | $3K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $4.4M | $3K | $179 | 2,026 |
| labor union | $644K | $67 | $757 | 221 |
| finance | $405K | — | — | 183 |
| defense | $370K | — | — | 203 |
| healthcare | $361K | $28K | — | 158 |
| technology | $295K | — | — | 133 |
| insurance | $270K | — | — | 124 |
| telecommunications | $238K | — | — | 103 |
| transportation | $145K | — | — | 79 |
| energy oil gas | $130K | — | — | 61 |
| pharma | $125K | — | — | 67 |
| single issue israel | $88K | — | — | 84 |
| real estate | $74K | — | $13K | 35 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $41K | — | — | 17 |
| party republican | $35K | — | — | 12 |
| agriculture | $30K | — | — | 20 |
| education | $29K | — | $9K | 18 |
| jfc uncategorized | $15K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro choice | $14K | $305 | — | 24 |
| single issue gun control | $10K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue environment | $10K | $30 | — | 17 |
| energy utilities | $9K | — | — | 4 |
| party democratic | $6K | — | — | 14 |
| ideological progressive | $5K | — | — | 1 |
Source: fec_pac_contributions (FEC bulk pas2, per-transaction, sub_id unique) via get_real_campaign_money / get_real_contributions_by_sector; industry from pac_industry_tags. "uncategorized" = the sponsoring PAC has no industry tag yet. Individual donors are not included.