Money around Betty McCollum · 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
$3.0M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$342K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$16K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $317K | — | — |
| 2024 | $701K | $18K | — |
| 2022 | $803K | $306K | — |
| 2020 | $614K | $9K | — |
| 2018 | $516K | $10K | $16K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.8M | $313K | $16K | 920 |
| defense | $354K | — | — | 188 |
| labor union | $341K | $14K | — | 152 |
| technology | $107K | — | — | 44 |
| healthcare | $65K | — | — | 39 |
| agriculture | $58K | — | — | 32 |
| real estate | $50K | — | — | 21 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $45K | — | — | 20 |
| telecommunications | $34K | — | — | 13 |
| energy oil gas | $32K | — | — | 22 |
| education | $21K | — | — | 8 |
| finance | $20K | — | — | 14 |
| insurance | $15K | — | — | 7 |
| ideological progressive | $11K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue environment | $10K | $131 | — | 15 |
| transportation | $6K | — | — | 6 |
| pharma | $5K | — | — | 5 |
| energy utilities | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| party democratic | $941 | — | — | 3 |
| single issue pro choice | — | $15K | — | 22 |
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.