Money around James E. Risch · 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
$2.6M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$1K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$3K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $863K | — | — |
| 2024 | $211K | — | — |
| 2022 | $162K | — | — |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1K | $2K |
| 2018 | $140K | — | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.2M | $656 | $760 | 770 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $671K | — | — | 144 |
| energy oil gas | $161K | — | — | 87 |
| party republican | $98K | — | — | 3 |
| defense | $96K | — | — | 61 |
| finance | $86K | — | — | 41 |
| technology | $83K | — | — | 37 |
| telecommunications | $52K | — | — | 20 |
| healthcare | $31K | — | — | 15 |
| transportation | $31K | — | — | 15 |
| real estate | $30K | — | — | 13 |
| insurance | $29K | — | — | 16 |
| single issue israel | $25K | — | — | 7 |
| agriculture | $24K | — | — | 14 |
| labor union | $23K | — | — | 8 |
| energy utilities | $14K | — | — | 6 |
| pharma | $8K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue gun rights | $5K | $719 | $1K | 6 |
| single issue gun control | — | — | $861 | 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.