Money around Ben Cline · 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
$1.9M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$16K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$7K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $363K | $219 | — |
| 2024 | $506K | $582 | $5K |
| 2022 | $373K | $787 | $425 |
| 2020 | $369K | $9K | $750 |
| 2018 | $288K | $5K | $997 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $925K | $8K | $2K | 626 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $176K | — | — | 65 |
| telecommunications | $165K | — | — | 68 |
| technology | $122K | — | — | 63 |
| finance | $85K | — | — | 38 |
| agriculture | $79K | — | — | 38 |
| defense | $67K | — | — | 49 |
| real estate | $56K | — | — | 20 |
| ideological conservative | $41K | $8K | — | 95 |
| insurance | $37K | — | — | 22 |
| energy oil gas | $34K | — | — | 24 |
| single issue israel | $27K | — | — | 8 |
| healthcare | $27K | — | — | 21 |
| labor union | $19K | — | — | 8 |
| pharma | $13K | — | — | 10 |
| single issue gun rights | $12K | — | — | 11 |
| transportation | $10K | — | — | 5 |
| jfc uncategorized | $5K | — | — | 3 |
| energy utilities | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| education | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| party democratic | — | — | $5K | 3 |
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.