Money around Bennie G. Thompson · 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
$4.3M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$3K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$183
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $673K | $979 | — |
| 2024 | $848K | $1K | — |
| 2022 | $938K | $8 | — |
| 2020 | $1.0M | $123 | $183 |
| 2018 | $838K | $80 | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $2.4M | $2K | $183 | 1,184 |
| labor union | $626K | — | — | 224 |
| defense | $174K | — | — | 106 |
| telecommunications | $171K | — | — | 99 |
| energy oil gas | $165K | — | — | 91 |
| technology | $152K | — | — | 74 |
| transportation | $133K | — | — | 80 |
| agriculture | $92K | — | — | 47 |
| finance | $90K | — | — | 46 |
| education | $74K | — | — | 19 |
| real estate | $54K | — | — | 21 |
| pharma | $49K | — | — | 29 |
| healthcare | $36K | — | — | 22 |
| insurance | $33K | — | — | 21 |
| energy utilities | $19K | — | — | 8 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $19K | — | — | 5 |
| party republican | $12K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue environment | $6K | $40 | — | 10 |
| single issue pro choice | $1K | $191 | — | 8 |
| ideological progressive | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| party democratic | $6 | — | — | 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.