Money around Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · 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
$287K
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$6K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$975K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $14K | — | — |
| 2024 | $51K | $412 | $54K |
| 2022 | $62K | $3K | $141K |
| 2020 | $69K | $335 | $146K |
| 2018 | $90K | $2K | $633K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| labor union | $127K | — | — | 44 |
| uncategorized | $106K | $4K | $970K | 176 |
| ideological progressive | $25K | $2K | — | 16 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $12K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue environment | $6K | $40 | — | 12 |
| healthcare | $6K | — | — | 4 |
| real estate | $5K | — | — | 1 |
| jfc uncategorized | $250 | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro choice | — | $121 | — | 5 |
| ideological conservative | — | — | $5K | 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.