Money around Kathy Castor · 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
$2.6M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$26K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
—
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $366K | $10 | — |
| 2024 | $663K | $1K | — |
| 2022 | $657K | $918 | — |
| 2020 | $527K | $24K | — |
| 2018 | $410K | $148 | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.3M | $20K | — | 732 |
| healthcare | $345K | — | — | 179 |
| labor union | $240K | $3K | — | 95 |
| telecommunications | $173K | — | — | 91 |
| technology | $111K | — | — | 52 |
| insurance | $78K | — | — | 32 |
| defense | $54K | — | — | 38 |
| finance | $48K | — | — | 28 |
| real estate | $47K | — | — | 23 |
| education | $40K | — | — | 20 |
| pharma | $31K | — | — | 16 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $27K | — | — | 13 |
| single issue israel | $25K | — | — | 7 |
| single issue environment | $16K | $51 | — | 23 |
| energy oil gas | $16K | — | — | 7 |
| energy utilities | $11K | — | — | 5 |
| ideological progressive | $9K | — | — | 3 |
| transportation | $6K | — | — | 5 |
| party republican | $2K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro choice | $1K | $2K | — | 12 |
| party democratic | $25 | — | — | 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.