Money around Tom Barrett · 3 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
$2.0M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$4.2M
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$22.6M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $735K | $51K | $6K |
| 2024 | $758K | $1.8M | $11.8M |
| 2022 | $492K | $2.4M | $10.8M |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $864K | $1.7M | $13.1M | 566 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $745K | — | — | 301 |
| insurance | $70K | — | — | 20 |
| jfc uncategorized | $69K | $19K | — | 17 |
| agriculture | $34K | — | — | 16 |
| party republican | $28K | $944K | — | 16 |
| energy oil gas | $26K | — | — | 26 |
| real estate | $22K | — | — | 7 |
| labor union | $21K | — | $515K | 15 |
| defense | $19K | — | — | 13 |
| telecommunications | $18K | — | — | 7 |
| single issue gun rights | $16K | $66K | $1K | 29 |
| healthcare | $16K | — | — | 8 |
| technology | $13K | — | — | 7 |
| finance | $12K | — | — | 7 |
| transportation | $10K | — | — | 6 |
| ideological conservative | $6K | $1.5M | — | 132 |
| single issue pro life | — | $20K | — | 32 |
| party democratic | — | — | $7.6M | 28 |
| single issue environment | — | — | $554K | 8 |
| single issue gun control | — | — | $832K | 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.