Money around Richard Hudson · 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
$9.1M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$341K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$2.6M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.8M | — | $366K |
| 2024 | $2.0M | — | $4K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $17K | $21K |
| 2020 | $2.2M | $324K | $2.2M |
| 2018 | $1.5M | — | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $4.9M | $209K | $1.6M | 2,798 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $655K | — | — | 261 |
| healthcare | $587K | — | — | 256 |
| energy oil gas | $436K | — | — | 198 |
| finance | $419K | — | — | 177 |
| telecommunications | $401K | — | — | 138 |
| pharma | $363K | — | — | 153 |
| insurance | $354K | — | — | 148 |
| technology | $211K | — | — | 87 |
| agriculture | $200K | — | — | 84 |
| defense | $200K | — | — | 121 |
| transportation | $89K | — | — | 41 |
| real estate | $84K | $16K | $42K | 44 |
| labor union | $60K | — | — | 22 |
| single issue gun rights | $42K | $12K | $3K | 29 |
| party republican | $36K | $97K | — | 17 |
| energy utilities | $24K | — | — | 9 |
| single issue israel | $23K | — | — | 10 |
| education | $10K | — | — | 13 |
| jfc uncategorized | $1K | $1K | — | 2 |
| single issue pro life | — | $5K | — | 6 |
| party democratic | — | — | $550K | 6 |
| single issue gun control | — | — | $861 | 2 |
| single issue pro choice | — | — | $121 | 5 |
| single issue environment | — | — | $318K | 4 |
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.