Money around Sara Jacobs · 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
$666K
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$4.5M
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$575K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $149K | $7 | — |
| 2024 | $244K | $332 | — |
| 2022 | $209K | $989 | $328 |
| 2020 | $64K | $2.1M | $548K |
| 2018 | — | $2.4M | $27K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $310K | $4.4M | $477K | 298 |
| labor union | $224K | — | — | 83 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $36K | — | — | 15 |
| real estate | $23K | $61K | $98K | 21 |
| education | $16K | — | $306 | 7 |
| energy oil gas | $11K | — | — | 4 |
| healthcare | $9K | — | — | 7 |
| insurance | $9K | — | — | 3 |
| ideological progressive | $8K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue environment | $6K | $20 | — | 9 |
| telecommunications | $4K | — | — | 4 |
| defense | $4K | — | — | 2 |
| party republican | $3K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro choice | $2K | $74 | — | 7 |
| agriculture | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue gun control | $1K | — | — | 1 |
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.