Money around Kevin Hern · 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
$4.3M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
—
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$349K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.0M | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.5M | — | — |
| 2022 | $832K | — | $200 |
| 2020 | $611K | — | $750 |
| 2018 | $342K | — | $348K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $2.3M | — | $950 | 1,090 |
| finance | $322K | — | — | 146 |
| energy oil gas | $227K | — | — | 100 |
| insurance | $216K | — | — | 98 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $193K | — | — | 71 |
| healthcare | $180K | — | — | 85 |
| agriculture | $148K | — | — | 60 |
| telecommunications | $111K | — | — | 47 |
| technology | $93K | — | — | 38 |
| pharma | $92K | — | — | 51 |
| real estate | $81K | — | — | 28 |
| transportation | $76K | — | — | 34 |
| defense | $74K | — | — | 53 |
| labor union | $71K | — | — | 29 |
| single issue israel | $30K | — | — | 10 |
| party republican | $23K | — | — | 11 |
| education | $12K | — | — | 9 |
| single issue gun rights | $9K | — | — | 8 |
| jfc uncategorized | $4K | — | — | 1 |
| energy utilities | $4K | — | — | 2 |
| ideological conservative | — | — | $348K | 26 |
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.