Money around Austin Scott · 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
$5.3M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$406K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$90K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $283K | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.1M | $175K | $41K |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $179K | $34K |
| 2020 | $1.1M | $52K | $16K |
| 2018 | $1.1M | $77 | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $2.9M | $227K | — | 1,259 |
| finance | $768K | — | — | 321 |
| labor union | $341K | $67 | — | 115 |
| agriculture | $267K | — | — | 100 |
| insurance | $252K | — | — | 125 |
| telecommunications | $165K | — | — | 59 |
| healthcare | $154K | — | — | 64 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $89K | — | — | 27 |
| technology | $76K | — | — | 28 |
| party republican | $68K | — | — | 29 |
| real estate | $54K | $179K | $90K | 44 |
| energy oil gas | $49K | — | — | 26 |
| defense | $47K | — | — | 30 |
| single issue israel | $26K | — | — | 13 |
| transportation | $20K | — | — | 12 |
| ideological progressive | $11K | — | — | 4 |
| energy utilities | $11K | — | — | 5 |
| education | $6K | — | — | 4 |
| pharma | $6K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue environment | $4K | $20 | — | 4 |
| party democratic | $38 | — | — | 4 |
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.