Money around James R. Baird · 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
$1.1M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$101K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$20K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $120K | — | — |
| 2024 | $308K | $2K | — |
| 2022 | $276K | $71K | $522 |
| 2020 | $242K | $19K | — |
| 2018 | $157K | $10K | $20K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $586K | $17K | $19K | 342 |
| agriculture | $144K | — | — | 63 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $107K | $69K | — | 45 |
| telecommunications | $54K | — | — | 16 |
| finance | $48K | — | — | 30 |
| real estate | $43K | — | — | 21 |
| technology | $24K | — | — | 12 |
| single issue israel | $20K | — | — | 7 |
| insurance | $17K | — | — | 10 |
| pharma | $13K | — | — | 8 |
| defense | $12K | — | — | 7 |
| healthcare | $11K | — | — | 7 |
| energy oil gas | $10K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue gun rights | $7K | $7K | $1K | 10 |
| jfc uncategorized | $4K | $902 | — | 5 |
| party republican | $2K | $5K | — | 18 |
| transportation | $2K | — | — | 3 |
| labor union | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| energy utilities | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro life | — | $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.