Money around Alex Padilla · 4 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
$2.7M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$167K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$31K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $149K | — | — |
| 2024 | $229K | $1 | — |
| 2022 | $2.3M | $167K | $31K |
| 2020 | $76K | — | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.5M | $16K | $6K | 634 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $456K | — | — | 126 |
| labor union | $179K | — | — | 51 |
| telecommunications | $82K | — | — | 30 |
| healthcare | $77K | — | — | 34 |
| finance | $76K | — | — | 29 |
| technology | $60K | — | — | 25 |
| defense | $42K | — | — | 25 |
| transportation | $39K | — | — | 20 |
| education | $32K | — | $5K | 9 |
| insurance | $30K | — | — | 14 |
| real estate | $27K | — | — | 8 |
| energy oil gas | $26K | $10K | — | 17 |
| agriculture | $20K | — | — | 7 |
| single issue environment | $15K | $10 | $20K | 26 |
| pharma | $15K | — | — | 5 |
| party democratic | $14K | $141K | — | 10 |
| ideological progressive | $12K | — | — | 3 |
| single issue gun control | $10K | — | — | 4 |
| jfc uncategorized | $8K | — | — | 3 |
| energy utilities | $5K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue israel | $5K | — | — | 1 |
| party republican | $5K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue pro choice | — | $394 | — | 9 |
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.