Money around Judy Chu · 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
$3.1M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$8K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$15K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $449K | $219 | — |
| 2024 | $745K | $316 | — |
| 2022 | $630K | $6K | $9K |
| 2020 | $699K | $2K | $6K |
| 2018 | $602K | $147 | $403 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.6M | $3K | $26 | 893 |
| labor union | $488K | $567 | $915 | 188 |
| healthcare | $233K | — | — | 140 |
| finance | $155K | — | — | 67 |
| telecommunications | $113K | — | — | 64 |
| insurance | $100K | — | — | 58 |
| technology | $88K | — | — | 48 |
| real estate | $62K | — | $14K | 30 |
| defense | $49K | — | — | 25 |
| education | $45K | — | $407 | 26 |
| party republican | $41K | — | — | 23 |
| transportation | $36K | — | — | 21 |
| energy oil gas | $16K | $5K | — | 13 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $15K | — | — | 8 |
| party democratic | $11K | — | — | 8 |
| ideological progressive | $8K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue gun control | $6K | — | — | 4 |
| agriculture | $5K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue pro choice | $4K | $247 | — | 14 |
| single issue environment | $4K | $50 | $3 | 10 |
| pharma | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| jfc uncategorized | $1K | — | — | 1 |
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.