Money around Adrian 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
$5.7M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$15K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$10K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $856K | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.5M | $15K | $8K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | — | $573 |
| 2020 | $1.1M | — | — |
| 2018 | $1.0M | — | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $3.2M | — | $573 | 1,703 |
| healthcare | $431K | — | — | 230 |
| finance | $388K | — | — | 207 |
| insurance | $330K | — | — | 178 |
| agriculture | $222K | — | — | 121 |
| telecommunications | $171K | — | — | 73 |
| pharma | $163K | — | — | 100 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $147K | — | — | 45 |
| technology | $98K | — | — | 52 |
| energy oil gas | $93K | — | — | 44 |
| defense | $85K | — | — | 64 |
| transportation | $80K | — | — | 53 |
| real estate | $79K | $12K | $8K | 36 |
| labor union | $69K | — | — | 28 |
| party republican | $39K | — | — | 22 |
| energy utilities | $24K | — | — | 18 |
| single issue israel | $17K | — | — | 10 |
| education | $11K | — | — | 8 |
| single issue gun rights | $7K | — | — | 7 |
| single issue pro life | — | $3K | — | 2 |
| 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.