Money around Sylvia R. Garcia · 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
$3.1M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$704K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
—
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $510K | $540K | — |
| 2024 | $728K | $6K | — |
| 2022 | $695K | $156 | — |
| 2020 | $629K | $4K | — |
| 2018 | $543K | $153K | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.4M | $582K | — | 825 |
| labor union | $442K | $200 | — | 154 |
| finance | $266K | — | — | 151 |
| energy oil gas | $183K | — | — | 93 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $137K | — | — | 68 |
| telecommunications | $137K | — | — | 75 |
| education | $74K | — | — | 18 |
| technology | $70K | — | — | 41 |
| agriculture | $64K | — | — | 35 |
| real estate | $60K | — | — | 27 |
| insurance | $59K | — | — | 35 |
| transportation | $45K | — | — | 25 |
| healthcare | $32K | — | — | 21 |
| single issue israel | $22K | — | — | 7 |
| defense | $21K | — | — | 14 |
| ideological progressive | $19K | — | — | 11 |
| single issue environment | $11K | $30 | — | 12 |
| party republican | $9K | $55K | — | 46 |
| party democratic | $8K | $6K | — | 7 |
| pharma | $7K | — | — | 3 |
| jfc uncategorized | $5K | $60K | — | 5 |
| single issue gun control | $4K | — | — | 3 |
| single issue pro choice | $3K | $313 | — | 9 |
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.