Money around John Kennedy · 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
$2.3M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$291K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$19K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $56K | — | — |
| 2024 | $145K | — | — |
| 2022 | $1.3M | $274K | $18K |
| 2020 | $367K | — | — |
| 2018 | $364K | $17K | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.2M | $274K | $8K | 3,477 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $370K | — | — | 78 |
| finance | $161K | — | — | 89 |
| energy oil gas | $126K | — | — | 51 |
| telecommunications | $71K | — | — | 34 |
| technology | $47K | — | — | 27 |
| insurance | $45K | — | — | 24 |
| defense | $39K | — | — | 27 |
| real estate | $30K | — | $10K | 13 |
| agriculture | $29K | — | — | 15 |
| pharma | $22K | — | — | 11 |
| healthcare | $21K | — | — | 9 |
| transportation | $21K | — | — | 15 |
| labor union | $20K | — | — | 10 |
| single issue israel | $8K | — | — | 4 |
| party republican | $8K | $17K | — | 7 |
| party democratic | $5K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue gun rights | $5K | — | — | 1 |
| 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.