Money around Mark Pocan · 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
$2.7M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$11K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$2K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $298K | $10 | — |
| 2024 | $577K | $684 | $2K |
| 2022 | $572K | $155 | — |
| 2020 | $539K | $10K | — |
| 2018 | $683K | $78 | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.3M | $1K | — | 659 |
| labor union | $709K | $9K | $750 | 240 |
| healthcare | $169K | — | — | 129 |
| insurance | $103K | — | — | 52 |
| finance | $89K | — | — | 62 |
| energy oil gas | $67K | — | — | 42 |
| telecommunications | $45K | — | — | 24 |
| agriculture | $44K | — | — | 25 |
| real estate | $42K | — | — | 21 |
| education | $41K | — | — | 18 |
| ideological progressive | $33K | $125 | — | 10 |
| pharma | $19K | — | — | 12 |
| single issue environment | $12K | $50 | $1K | 14 |
| transportation | $10K | — | — | 9 |
| energy utilities | $9K | — | — | 7 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $9K | — | — | 4 |
| defense | $7K | — | — | 5 |
| technology | $5K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue gun control | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| jfc uncategorized | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| party republican | $500 | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro choice | — | $121 | — | 5 |
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.