Money around Joaquin Castro · 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
$1.5M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$9K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
—
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $109K | — | — |
| 2024 | $237K | $10 | — |
| 2022 | $268K | $51 | — |
| 2020 | $352K | $9K | — |
| 2018 | $550K | $80 | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $825K | $3K | — | 497 |
| labor union | $339K | — | — | 124 |
| telecommunications | $59K | — | — | 27 |
| technology | $55K | — | — | 34 |
| defense | $44K | — | — | 27 |
| healthcare | $35K | — | — | 22 |
| real estate | $34K | — | — | 19 |
| energy oil gas | $30K | — | — | 15 |
| finance | $14K | — | — | 6 |
| transportation | $13K | — | — | 6 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $12K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue gun control | $12K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue environment | $9K | $40 | — | 15 |
| agriculture | $7K | — | — | 6 |
| education | $6K | — | — | 4 |
| insurance | $5K | — | — | 3 |
| party republican | $5K | — | — | 3 |
| party democratic | $4K | — | — | 3 |
| pharma | $4K | — | — | 4 |
| ideological progressive | $4K | — | — | 2 |
| jfc uncategorized | $3K | $5K | — | 2 |
| single issue pro choice | $1K | $313 | — | 9 |
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.