Money around Ilhan Omar · 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
$985K
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$888K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$2.7M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $48K | $4K | — |
| 2024 | $232K | $552K | $63K |
| 2022 | $290K | $44K | $141K |
| 2020 | $223K | $257K | $2.5M |
| 2018 | $193K | $32K | $16K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $362K | $724K | $2.7M | 533 |
| labor union | $236K | $52K | — | 95 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $158K | — | — | 53 |
| ideological progressive | $84K | $44K | — | 46 |
| jfc uncategorized | $75K | — | — | 1 |
| education | $24K | — | — | 7 |
| real estate | $23K | — | — | 11 |
| healthcare | $9K | $68K | — | 13 |
| single issue environment | $9K | $121 | $16 | 18 |
| energy oil gas | $6K | — | — | 6 |
| agriculture | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro choice | $208 | $526 | — | 9 |
| party democratic | $100 | — | — | 1 |
| ideological conservative | — | — | $526 | 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.