Money around John Barrasso · 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
$7.2M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$1.2M
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$6K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $313K | — | — |
| 2024 | $3.0M | $1.0M | $5K |
| 2022 | $657K | $75K | — |
| 2020 | $433K | — | — |
| 2018 | $2.8M | $133K | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $4.1M | $1.2M | — | 2,313 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $640K | — | — | 135 |
| energy oil gas | $515K | — | — | 197 |
| healthcare | $374K | $10K | — | 160 |
| finance | $342K | — | — | 149 |
| telecommunications | $175K | — | — | 74 |
| insurance | $158K | — | — | 73 |
| pharma | $153K | — | — | 67 |
| technology | $153K | — | — | 57 |
| defense | $119K | — | — | 68 |
| transportation | $73K | — | — | 38 |
| agriculture | $70K | — | — | 34 |
| real estate | $51K | — | $5K | 16 |
| single issue israel | $49K | — | — | 52 |
| party republican | $44K | — | — | 16 |
| education | $39K | — | — | 18 |
| labor union | $35K | — | — | 11 |
| jfc uncategorized | $27K | — | — | 5 |
| energy utilities | $21K | — | — | 7 |
| single issue gun rights | $15K | — | — | 7 |
| 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.