Money around Mitch McConnell · 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
$7.6M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$281K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$12.2M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $20K | — | — |
| 2024 | $316K | — | $7K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | — | $439 |
| 2020 | $5.2M | $281K | $12.1M |
| 2018 | $881K | — | $16K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $5.2M | $7K | $11.6M | 41,514 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $548K | — | — | 124 |
| finance | $367K | — | — | 125 |
| healthcare | $255K | — | $3K | 87 |
| energy oil gas | $222K | — | — | 66 |
| insurance | $141K | — | — | 59 |
| technology | $126K | — | — | 50 |
| telecommunications | $124K | — | — | 45 |
| pharma | $122K | — | — | 45 |
| agriculture | $94K | — | — | 35 |
| defense | $86K | — | — | 37 |
| labor union | $66K | — | $88K | 25 |
| transportation | $55K | — | — | 19 |
| real estate | $38K | — | $130K | 19 |
| party republican | $35K | — | — | 9 |
| education | $27K | — | — | 9 |
| energy utilities | $14K | — | — | 4 |
| jfc uncategorized | $10K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue gun rights | $10K | $53K | $4K | 7 |
| single issue israel | $8K | — | — | 3 |
| ideological conservative | — | $202K | — | 11 |
| single issue pro life | — | $19K | — | 2 |
| single issue pro choice | — | — | $154K | 36 |
| party democratic | — | — | $7 | 1 |
| single issue gun control | — | — | $31K | 6 |
| single issue environment | — | — | $877 | 1 |
| ideological progressive | — | — | $126K | 170 |
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.