Money around Kevin Cramer · 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
$4.0M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$794K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$6.8M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $115K | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.9M | $103K | — |
| 2022 | $295K | — | — |
| 2020 | $246K | — | $533 |
| 2018 | $1.5M | $692K | $6.8M |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.8M | $98K | $35K | 1,414 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $600K | — | — | 131 |
| energy oil gas | $358K | — | — | 227 |
| finance | $281K | — | — | 136 |
| telecommunications | $153K | — | — | 65 |
| insurance | $128K | — | — | 63 |
| healthcare | $116K | $75K | — | 55 |
| defense | $101K | — | — | 60 |
| agriculture | $86K | $3K | — | 42 |
| party republican | $84K | $455K | — | 120 |
| technology | $71K | — | — | 26 |
| single issue israel | $63K | — | — | 61 |
| jfc uncategorized | $27K | — | — | 6 |
| labor union | $27K | — | — | 13 |
| real estate | $27K | — | — | 10 |
| pharma | $26K | — | — | 11 |
| energy utilities | $18K | — | — | 8 |
| transportation | $17K | — | — | 6 |
| education | $13K | — | — | 4 |
| single issue gun rights | $7K | $2K | — | 3 |
| single issue pro life | — | $98K | — | 31 |
| ideological conservative | — | $65K | — | 8 |
| party democratic | — | — | $2.1M | 21 |
| ideological progressive | — | — | $4.8M | 56 |
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.