Money around Earl L. "Buddy" Carter · 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
$6.1M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$63K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$2K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.1M | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.6M | $5K | — |
| 2022 | $1.0M | $4K | $286 |
| 2020 | $1.2M | $5K | $750 |
| 2018 | $1.1M | $49K | $980 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $3.6M | — | $1K | 1,867 |
| pharma | $496K | $5K | — | 210 |
| healthcare | $496K | — | — | 252 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $442K | — | — | 138 |
| telecommunications | $256K | — | — | 98 |
| energy oil gas | $139K | — | — | 91 |
| defense | $119K | — | — | 80 |
| insurance | $102K | — | — | 60 |
| finance | $74K | — | — | 40 |
| technology | $67K | — | — | 34 |
| real estate | $62K | — | — | 25 |
| education | $56K | — | — | 28 |
| transportation | $48K | — | — | 29 |
| labor union | $44K | — | — | 21 |
| agriculture | $38K | — | — | 26 |
| single issue israel | $22K | — | — | 8 |
| party republican | $18K | $49K | — | 8 |
| energy utilities | $17K | — | — | 9 |
| single issue gun rights | $6K | $9K | $119 | 10 |
| jfc uncategorized | $4K | — | — | 1 |
| party democratic | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| 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.