Money around Bill Foster · 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
$4.9M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$184K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$863K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $592K | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.2M | $158K | $28K |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $25K | $834K |
| 2020 | $932K | $123 | $26 |
| 2018 | $822K | $147 | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $2.1M | $103K | $74K | 1,247 |
| finance | $1.0M | — | — | 556 |
| labor union | $429K | $67 | $30K | 168 |
| insurance | $342K | — | — | 193 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $267K | — | — | 114 |
| technology | $87K | — | — | 46 |
| energy oil gas | $86K | — | — | 40 |
| telecommunications | $86K | — | — | 49 |
| defense | $84K | — | — | 51 |
| party republican | $81K | — | — | 41 |
| real estate | $69K | — | — | 25 |
| healthcare | $44K | — | — | 30 |
| pharma | $41K | — | — | 27 |
| education | $28K | — | — | 11 |
| agriculture | $23K | $68 | — | 16 |
| ideological progressive | $16K | — | — | 10 |
| single issue pro choice | $10K | $191 | — | 11 |
| transportation | $10K | — | — | 8 |
| single issue environment | $9K | $40 | $26 | 13 |
| party democratic | $7K | $80K | — | 12 |
| ideological conservative | — | — | $758K | 8 |
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.