Money around Veronica Escobar · 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
$2.7M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$335K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$196K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $282K | — | — |
| 2024 | $668K | — | — |
| 2022 | $649K | $520 | — |
| 2020 | $631K | $2K | — |
| 2018 | $429K | $333K | $196K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.3M | $294K | $196K | 836 |
| labor union | $357K | $1K | — | 136 |
| telecommunications | $176K | — | — | 95 |
| defense | $132K | — | — | 98 |
| technology | $119K | — | — | 63 |
| healthcare | $83K | — | — | 64 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $77K | — | — | 39 |
| finance | $59K | — | — | 37 |
| ideological progressive | $48K | $1K | — | 26 |
| agriculture | $47K | — | — | 23 |
| real estate | $43K | — | — | 23 |
| transportation | $34K | — | — | 24 |
| education | $33K | — | — | 19 |
| insurance | $30K | — | — | 21 |
| energy oil gas | $30K | — | — | 15 |
| single issue gun control | $22K | — | — | 13 |
| single issue environment | $15K | $10 | — | 16 |
| pharma | $10K | — | — | 10 |
| party democratic | $8K | — | — | 6 |
| jfc uncategorized | $6K | $39K | — | 9 |
| single issue pro choice | $5K | $313 | — | 10 |
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.