Money around Rand Paul · 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
$1.3M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$1.0M
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$229K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $123K | $80K | — |
| 2024 | $112K | $19K | — |
| 2022 | $815K | $922K | $228K |
| 2020 | $97K | — | — |
| 2018 | $166K | $10K | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $688K | $562K | $67K | 741 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $285K | — | — | 62 |
| pharma | $59K | — | — | 29 |
| healthcare | $57K | — | — | 23 |
| jfc uncategorized | $54K | — | — | 3 |
| telecommunications | $48K | — | — | 19 |
| finance | $21K | — | — | 11 |
| real estate | $17K | — | — | 5 |
| technology | $17K | — | — | 7 |
| energy oil gas | $16K | — | — | 7 |
| labor union | $15K | — | — | 5 |
| agriculture | $14K | — | — | 8 |
| ideological conservative | $9K | $451K | — | 337 |
| transportation | $8K | — | — | 3 |
| single issue gun rights | $5K | $654 | — | 3 |
| insurance | $2K | — | — | 1 |
| party republican | — | $17K | — | 2 |
| single issue gun control | — | — | $1K | 3 |
| ideological progressive | — | — | $160K | 3 |
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.