Money around Steve Scalise · 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
$10.6M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$9K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$75K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.8M | — | — |
| 2024 | $2.2M | $1K | $5K |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $4K | $50K |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $4K | $11K |
| 2018 | $2.3M | — | $8K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $6.3M | $3K | $59K | 12,237 |
| finance | $682K | — | — | 206 |
| energy oil gas | $569K | — | — | 169 |
| healthcare | $497K | — | — | 155 |
| insurance | $382K | — | — | 123 |
| telecommunications | $380K | — | — | 110 |
| defense | $331K | — | — | 114 |
| technology | $312K | — | — | 83 |
| agriculture | $209K | — | — | 66 |
| pharma | $208K | — | — | 63 |
| transportation | $189K | — | — | 54 |
| single issue israel | $141K | — | — | 113 |
| real estate | $114K | — | $15K | 42 |
| labor union | $110K | — | — | 31 |
| party republican | $64K | — | — | 17 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $58K | — | — | 17 |
| single issue gun rights | $40K | $7K | — | 13 |
| energy utilities | $23K | — | — | 7 |
| education | $18K | — | — | 4 |
| jfc uncategorized | $4K | — | — | 1 |
| party democratic | $3K | — | — | 1 |
| 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.