Money around Melanie A. Stansbury · 4 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
$1.3M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$311K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$104K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $257K | $63 | — |
| 2024 | $341K | $51K | $700 |
| 2022 | $719K | $261K | $104K |
| 2020 | $2K | — | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $595K | $113K | $98K | 366 |
| labor union | $239K | — | $6K | 93 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $236K | — | — | 116 |
| ideological progressive | $59K | — | — | 25 |
| energy oil gas | $39K | — | — | 16 |
| education | $36K | — | — | 11 |
| healthcare | $30K | — | — | 20 |
| single issue environment | $23K | $40 | $6 | 29 |
| real estate | $18K | — | — | 9 |
| telecommunications | $15K | — | — | 11 |
| defense | $6K | — | — | 7 |
| party democratic | $5K | $198K | — | 7 |
| transportation | $4K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro choice | $3K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue gun control | $3K | — | — | 2 |
| insurance | $3K | — | — | 3 |
| finance | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| party republican | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| energy utilities | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| agriculture | $500 | — | — | 1 |
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.