Money around John James · 3 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
$2.1M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$2.8M
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$7.1M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $256K | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.4M | $1.7M | $7.1M |
| 2022 | $461K | $1.1M | $751 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.0M | $1.6M | $6.3M | 780 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $554K | — | — | 224 |
| energy oil gas | $92K | — | — | 66 |
| telecommunications | $78K | — | — | 39 |
| party republican | $45K | $213K | — | 15 |
| agriculture | $42K | — | — | 21 |
| single issue israel | $38K | — | — | 24 |
| defense | $34K | — | — | 26 |
| insurance | $34K | — | — | 16 |
| real estate | $32K | — | — | 9 |
| technology | $30K | — | — | 12 |
| healthcare | $26K | — | — | 19 |
| finance | $20K | — | — | 12 |
| transportation | $20K | — | — | 8 |
| labor union | $15K | — | — | 7 |
| pharma | $12K | — | — | 8 |
| single issue gun rights | $10K | $10K | — | 21 |
| jfc uncategorized | $9K | $13K | — | 6 |
| energy utilities | $3K | — | — | 1 |
| education | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| ideological conservative | — | $891K | — | 74 |
| single issue pro life | — | $9K | — | 30 |
| single issue environment | — | — | $784K | 17 |
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.