Money around Tom Cotton · 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
$3.5M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$757K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$10K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.4M | $665K | — |
| 2024 | $267K | — | — |
| 2022 | $181K | $89K | $9K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $2K | $488 |
| 2018 | $386K | — | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.5M | $755K | $9K | 2,308 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $729K | — | — | 156 |
| finance | $302K | — | — | 122 |
| energy oil gas | $153K | — | — | 59 |
| insurance | $134K | — | — | 67 |
| defense | $123K | — | — | 75 |
| telecommunications | $112K | — | — | 49 |
| party republican | $88K | — | — | 13 |
| pharma | $73K | — | — | 35 |
| technology | $67K | — | — | 35 |
| jfc uncategorized | $53K | — | — | 8 |
| labor union | $34K | — | — | 11 |
| agriculture | $32K | — | — | 16 |
| healthcare | $30K | — | — | 10 |
| real estate | $29K | — | — | 8 |
| transportation | $26K | — | — | 18 |
| single issue israel | $15K | — | — | 3 |
| single issue gun rights | $8K | $2K | — | 5 |
| ideological conservative | $6K | $333 | — | 10 |
| energy utilities | $3K | — | — | 1 |
| education | $3K | — | — | 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.