Money around Christopher H. Smith · 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
$1.7M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$481K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$19K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $146K | — | — |
| 2024 | $305K | $154K | — |
| 2022 | $462K | $201K | $17K |
| 2020 | $421K | $58K | $113 |
| 2018 | $411K | $67K | $2K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.0M | $397K | $18K | 1,496 |
| labor union | $291K | — | — | 124 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $101K | — | — | 37 |
| real estate | $56K | — | — | 29 |
| single issue israel | $39K | — | — | 12 |
| transportation | $34K | — | — | 29 |
| technology | $26K | — | — | 21 |
| defense | $26K | — | — | 18 |
| telecommunications | $26K | — | — | 15 |
| energy oil gas | $22K | — | — | 13 |
| healthcare | $19K | — | — | 12 |
| finance | $19K | — | — | 11 |
| education | $19K | — | — | 7 |
| party republican | $8K | $62K | — | 8 |
| single issue gun control | $6K | — | — | 5 |
| agriculture | $5K | — | — | 4 |
| pharma | $5K | — | — | 3 |
| energy utilities | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro life | — | $21K | — | 5 |
| 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.