Money around Jeff Merkley · 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
$1.1M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$45K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
—
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $347K | $120 | — |
| 2024 | $56K | — | — |
| 2022 | $19K | $8 | — |
| 2020 | $628K | $45K | — |
| 2018 | $70K | — | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| leadership pac uncategorized | $464K | — | — | 116 |
| uncategorized | $299K | $1K | — | 162 |
| labor union | $176K | — | — | 52 |
| healthcare | $79K | — | — | 31 |
| finance | $16K | — | — | 4 |
| real estate | $15K | — | — | 6 |
| education | $15K | — | — | 4 |
| technology | $15K | — | — | 4 |
| single issue environment | $8K | $10 | — | 11 |
| ideological progressive | $7K | — | — | 2 |
| party democratic | $5K | $44K | — | 4 |
| transportation | $5K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue gun control | $5K | — | — | 3 |
| pharma | $3K | — | — | 3 |
| single issue pro choice | $3K | $121 | — | 6 |
| agriculture | $2K | — | — | 1 |
| defense | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| telecommunications | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| insurance | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| energy utilities | $731 | — | — | 1 |
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.