Money around James Comer · 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
$3.0M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$9K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$2K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $297K | — | — |
| 2024 | $870K | — | — |
| 2022 | $861K | — | $313 |
| 2020 | $475K | $9K | $750 |
| 2018 | $448K | — | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.8M | — | $1K | 1,661 |
| agriculture | $167K | — | — | 95 |
| telecommunications | $143K | — | — | 62 |
| energy oil gas | $137K | — | — | 66 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $124K | — | — | 41 |
| technology | $100K | — | — | 51 |
| healthcare | $86K | — | — | 27 |
| pharma | $80K | — | — | 41 |
| finance | $68K | — | — | 35 |
| real estate | $61K | — | — | 27 |
| insurance | $57K | — | — | 48 |
| transportation | $43K | — | — | 16 |
| defense | $41K | — | — | 31 |
| labor union | $39K | — | — | 20 |
| single issue israel | $20K | — | — | 9 |
| education | $7K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue gun rights | $6K | $9K | — | 6 |
| jfc uncategorized | $4K | — | — | 2 |
| party republican | $3K | — | — | 3 |
| energy utilities | $3K | — | — | 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.