Money around John Garamendi · 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
$2.8M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$3K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$8K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $231K | — | — |
| 2024 | $562K | $278 | — |
| 2022 | $683K | $976 | $8K |
| 2020 | $634K | $2K | — |
| 2018 | $725K | $83 | $181 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.7M | $3K | $11 | 1,062 |
| labor union | $544K | $73 | $578 | 247 |
| defense | $143K | — | — | 108 |
| transportation | $88K | — | — | 58 |
| technology | $81K | — | — | 47 |
| agriculture | $64K | — | — | 24 |
| real estate | $58K | — | $7K | 28 |
| telecommunications | $57K | — | — | 42 |
| energy oil gas | $53K | — | — | 27 |
| healthcare | $37K | — | — | 27 |
| insurance | $11K | — | — | 7 |
| education | $11K | — | $211 | 8 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $10K | — | — | 4 |
| ideological progressive | $9K | — | — | 3 |
| single issue environment | $8K | $40 | — | 11 |
| finance | $3K | — | — | 3 |
| party republican | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| party democratic | $27 | — | — | 2 |
| single issue pro life | — | — | $301 | 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.