Money around Richard J. Durbin · 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
$2.4M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$131
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$142K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $14K | — | — |
| 2024 | $172K | — | — |
| 2022 | $196K | $8 | — |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $123 | $142K |
| 2018 | $288K | — | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.4M | — | $77K | 669 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $186K | — | — | 50 |
| labor union | $170K | — | $12K | 60 |
| healthcare | $118K | — | — | 55 |
| technology | $88K | — | — | 40 |
| defense | $81K | — | — | 44 |
| telecommunications | $65K | — | — | 35 |
| transportation | $50K | — | — | 23 |
| finance | $42K | — | — | 26 |
| agriculture | $33K | — | — | 14 |
| energy oil gas | $29K | — | — | 15 |
| insurance | $24K | — | — | 15 |
| real estate | $21K | — | $53K | 13 |
| education | $21K | — | — | 8 |
| single issue gun control | $15K | — | — | 5 |
| energy utilities | $8K | — | — | 2 |
| party democratic | $7K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue environment | $6K | $10 | — | 8 |
| single issue pro choice | $3K | $121 | — | 6 |
| pharma | $2K | — | — | 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.