Money around Mark DeSaulnier · 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
$1.7M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$77K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$1K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $311K | $165 | — |
| 2024 | $345K | $278 | — |
| 2022 | $370K | $74K | $405 |
| 2020 | $361K | $2K | — |
| 2018 | $313K | $147 | $599 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $931K | $77K | $509 | 978 |
| labor union | $425K | $67 | $126 | 173 |
| energy oil gas | $61K | — | — | 23 |
| defense | $57K | — | — | 32 |
| telecommunications | $51K | — | — | 44 |
| transportation | $43K | — | — | 36 |
| real estate | $35K | — | — | 18 |
| healthcare | $25K | — | — | 18 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $17K | — | — | 7 |
| education | $16K | — | $369 | 9 |
| ideological progressive | $9K | — | — | 3 |
| finance | $8K | — | — | 6 |
| technology | $7K | — | — | 7 |
| pharma | $7K | — | — | 6 |
| agriculture | $5K | — | — | 5 |
| party republican | $4K | — | — | 2 |
| insurance | $3K | — | — | 4 |
| single issue environment | $500 | $40 | — | 5 |
| single issue pro choice | — | $191 | — | 7 |
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.