Money around Tina 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
$4.5M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$3.6M
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$484K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $16K | — | — |
| 2024 | $327K | — | — |
| 2022 | $182K | $128K | $1K |
| 2020 | $2.5M | $1.8M | $299K |
| 2018 | $1.5M | $1.6M | $184K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $2.2M | $425K | $483K | 1,176 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $778K | — | — | 206 |
| labor union | $363K | $429K | $1K | 141 |
| finance | $291K | — | — | 147 |
| insurance | $150K | — | — | 75 |
| healthcare | $130K | — | — | 80 |
| agriculture | $113K | — | — | 60 |
| telecommunications | $92K | — | — | 40 |
| technology | $83K | — | — | 36 |
| defense | $71K | — | — | 41 |
| education | $44K | — | — | 16 |
| energy oil gas | $39K | — | — | 21 |
| transportation | $30K | — | — | 19 |
| single issue environment | $22K | — | — | 21 |
| real estate | $21K | — | — | 10 |
| party republican | $20K | — | — | 13 |
| single issue gun control | $19K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue pro choice | $17K | $698K | — | 115 |
| ideological progressive | $15K | $59K | — | 34 |
| energy utilities | $13K | — | — | 7 |
| pharma | $8K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue israel | $5K | — | — | 1 |
| party democratic | — | $2.0M | — | 42 |
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.