Money around Bill Cassidy · 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
$6.4M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$831K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$9K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.6M | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.1M | $22K | — |
| 2022 | $490K | — | $8K |
| 2020 | $2.3M | $808K | — |
| 2018 | $811K | — | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $3.6M | $831K | $8K | 2,373 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $852K | — | — | 184 |
| healthcare | $510K | — | — | 218 |
| pharma | $233K | — | — | 127 |
| finance | $209K | — | — | 117 |
| energy oil gas | $189K | — | — | 78 |
| party republican | $148K | — | — | 23 |
| insurance | $141K | — | — | 79 |
| telecommunications | $94K | — | — | 46 |
| technology | $94K | — | — | 46 |
| defense | $49K | — | — | 28 |
| education | $43K | — | — | 26 |
| transportation | $41K | — | — | 34 |
| agriculture | $40K | — | — | 23 |
| single issue israel | $32K | — | — | 3 |
| real estate | $32K | — | — | 11 |
| labor union | $21K | — | — | 6 |
| energy utilities | $16K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue environment | $6K | — | — | 3 |
| single issue gun rights | $4K | — | — | 2 |
| 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.