Money around John Hoeven · 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
$2.6M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$601K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$18K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $154K | — | — |
| 2024 | $286K | $1K | — |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $600K | $17K |
| 2020 | $418K | — | — |
| 2018 | $235K | — | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.3M | $337K | $3K | 762 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $423K | — | — | 91 |
| energy oil gas | $171K | — | — | 86 |
| agriculture | $152K | $1K | — | 72 |
| pharma | $97K | — | — | 50 |
| telecommunications | $91K | — | — | 41 |
| defense | $71K | — | — | 47 |
| finance | $70K | — | — | 32 |
| insurance | $62K | — | — | 23 |
| labor union | $56K | — | — | 26 |
| technology | $46K | — | — | 19 |
| healthcare | $43K | — | — | 23 |
| transportation | $25K | — | — | 14 |
| real estate | $22K | $54K | $14K | 15 |
| party republican | $21K | $208K | — | 14 |
| single issue israel | $8K | — | — | 4 |
| single issue gun rights | $7K | $740 | — | 9 |
| energy utilities | $5K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue gun control | — | — | $861 | 2 |
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.