Money around Richard Blumenthal · 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
$1.6M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$41
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$3.3M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $54K | — | — |
| 2024 | $67K | — | — |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $41 | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $223K | — | — |
| 2018 | $78K | — | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $843K | $31 | $3.3M | 445 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $316K | — | — | 81 |
| labor union | $88K | — | — | 28 |
| technology | $72K | — | — | 33 |
| telecommunications | $71K | — | — | 42 |
| finance | $50K | — | — | 25 |
| healthcare | $34K | — | — | 16 |
| defense | $26K | — | — | 19 |
| real estate | $20K | — | — | 5 |
| pharma | $19K | — | — | 10 |
| energy oil gas | $17K | — | — | 6 |
| transportation | $14K | — | — | 8 |
| education | $12K | — | — | 4 |
| insurance | $11K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue israel | $11K | — | — | 4 |
| single issue gun control | $8K | — | — | 4 |
| single issue environment | $4K | $10 | — | 7 |
| agriculture | $4K | — | — | 4 |
| party democratic | $4K | — | — | 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.