Money around Richard E. Neal · 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
$12.7M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$635K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$796K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.8M | — | — |
| 2024 | $2.5M | $23K | $7K |
| 2022 | $2.4M | — | $7K |
| 2020 | $3.3M | $606K | $781K |
| 2018 | $2.7M | $6K | $2K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $7.5M | $46K | $755K | 3,115 |
| finance | $1.1M | — | — | 392 |
| healthcare | $930K | $515K | — | 344 |
| insurance | $634K | — | — | 247 |
| labor union | $492K | $10K | — | 150 |
| energy oil gas | $326K | — | — | 150 |
| telecommunications | $295K | — | — | 119 |
| pharma | $294K | — | — | 138 |
| technology | $247K | — | — | 93 |
| defense | $226K | — | — | 125 |
| transportation | $206K | — | — | 86 |
| party republican | $133K | — | — | 56 |
| real estate | $119K | $63K | $41K | 55 |
| agriculture | $74K | — | — | 41 |
| education | $74K | — | — | 27 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $58K | — | — | 21 |
| energy utilities | $49K | — | — | 18 |
| single issue israel | $25K | — | — | 7 |
| party democratic | $10K | — | — | 4 |
| single issue environment | $6K | $10 | — | 5 |
| single issue pro choice | — | $70 | — | 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.