Money around Charles E. Schumer · 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
$4.6M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$522K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$107K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $74K | — | — |
| 2024 | $224K | — | — |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $522K | $107K |
| 2020 | $1.0M | — | $396 |
| 2018 | $155K | — | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $2.6M | $517K | $83K | 964 |
| healthcare | $307K | — | — | 108 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $237K | — | — | 58 |
| labor union | $236K | — | $24K | 61 |
| finance | $234K | — | — | 86 |
| technology | $135K | — | — | 45 |
| pharma | $130K | — | — | 46 |
| insurance | $127K | — | — | 52 |
| single issue israel | $105K | — | — | 5 |
| telecommunications | $94K | — | — | 45 |
| transportation | $87K | — | — | 29 |
| energy oil gas | $64K | — | — | 20 |
| defense | $61K | — | — | 28 |
| education | $36K | — | — | 13 |
| energy utilities | $33K | — | — | 9 |
| real estate | $31K | — | — | 7 |
| agriculture | $30K | — | — | 11 |
| party republican | $21K | — | — | 7 |
| single issue environment | $20K | $10 | — | 20 |
| single issue gun control | $10K | — | — | 3 |
| party democratic | $5K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue pro choice | $3K | — | — | 1 |
| ideological progressive | — | $5K | — | 1 |
| single issue pro life | — | — | $301 | 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.