Money around Cliff Bentz · 4 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
$1.6M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$232K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$58K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $374K | — | — |
| 2024 | $572K | $1K | $4K |
| 2022 | $401K | $5K | $526 |
| 2020 | $300K | $226K | $54K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.1M | $225K | $55K | 701 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $106K | — | — | 46 |
| telecommunications | $103K | — | — | 43 |
| real estate | $60K | — | $4K | 21 |
| agriculture | $58K | — | — | 24 |
| healthcare | $46K | — | — | 30 |
| energy oil gas | $40K | — | — | 27 |
| labor union | $30K | — | — | 18 |
| technology | $28K | — | — | 16 |
| finance | $24K | — | — | 9 |
| insurance | $22K | — | — | 18 |
| defense | $14K | — | — | 7 |
| pharma | $13K | — | — | 10 |
| single issue pro life | $13K | $7K | — | 15 |
| single issue israel | $10K | — | — | 2 |
| energy utilities | $9K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue gun rights | $6K | — | — | 6 |
| party republican | $5K | — | — | 1 |
| transportation | $4K | — | — | 2 |
| education | $2K | — | — | 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.