Money around Christopher Murphy · 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
$1.7M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$16K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$13K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $14K | — | — |
| 2024 | $139K | $5K | — |
| 2022 | $37K | — | — |
| 2020 | $28K | — | — |
| 2018 | $1.5M | $11K | $13K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $763K | $9K | — | 423 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $219K | — | — | 62 |
| healthcare | $130K | — | — | 61 |
| labor union | $119K | $6K | $13K | 51 |
| finance | $102K | — | — | 51 |
| insurance | $84K | — | — | 41 |
| defense | $58K | — | — | 27 |
| education | $40K | — | — | 14 |
| technology | $37K | — | — | 19 |
| telecommunications | $33K | — | — | 16 |
| energy oil gas | $21K | — | — | 12 |
| transportation | $12K | — | — | 7 |
| party republican | $12K | — | — | 5 |
| real estate | $12K | — | — | 5 |
| ideological progressive | $10K | $158 | — | 6 |
| single issue environment | $8K | $20 | — | 8 |
| single issue gun control | $7K | — | — | 4 |
| energy utilities | $4K | — | — | 2 |
| agriculture | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue pro choice | $1K | $70 | — | 3 |
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.