Money around Gus M. Bilirakis · 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
$4.4M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$555K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$2K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $465K | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.1M | $327K | — |
| 2022 | $1.1M | $165K | $263 |
| 2020 | $800K | $63K | $1K |
| 2018 | $944K | — | $1K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $2.5M | $555K | $263 | 3,054 |
| healthcare | $530K | — | — | 307 |
| telecommunications | $313K | — | — | 136 |
| pharma | $219K | — | — | 127 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $149K | — | — | 49 |
| energy oil gas | $145K | — | — | 89 |
| technology | $121K | — | — | 59 |
| defense | $76K | — | — | 53 |
| finance | $65K | — | — | 35 |
| real estate | $52K | — | — | 23 |
| insurance | $49K | — | — | 35 |
| labor union | $47K | — | — | 17 |
| single issue israel | $37K | — | — | 22 |
| education | $20K | — | — | 17 |
| agriculture | $14K | — | — | 9 |
| transportation | $14K | — | — | 10 |
| party republican | $7K | — | — | 5 |
| energy utilities | $6K | — | — | 3 |
| single issue gun rights | $5K | — | $1K | 7 |
| jfc uncategorized | $4K | — | — | 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.