Money around Sanford D. Bishop · 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
$5.5M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$663K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$230K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $506K | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.2M | $24K | — |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $629K | $229K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $10K | — |
| 2018 | $915K | $67 | $967 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $3.4M | $272K | — | 1,644 |
| labor union | $447K | $206K | $226K | 163 |
| agriculture | $322K | — | — | 146 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $273K | — | — | 142 |
| telecommunications | $181K | — | — | 95 |
| finance | $178K | — | — | 99 |
| defense | $158K | — | — | 101 |
| healthcare | $82K | — | — | 37 |
| insurance | $81K | — | — | 43 |
| energy oil gas | $69K | — | — | 49 |
| real estate | $54K | — | — | 22 |
| transportation | $54K | — | — | 31 |
| education | $52K | — | $3K | 24 |
| technology | $51K | — | — | 36 |
| party republican | $46K | — | — | 33 |
| pharma | $35K | — | — | 25 |
| party democratic | $18K | $176K | — | 18 |
| single issue israel | $18K | — | — | 5 |
| ideological progressive | $16K | — | — | 9 |
| single issue pro choice | $5K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue gun rights | $3K | — | $106 | 2 |
| single issue environment | $2K | $10 | — | 3 |
| energy utilities | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| ideological conservative | — | $9K | — | 1 |
| single issue gun control | — | — | $861 | 2 |
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.