Money around Paul Tonko · 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
$2K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
—
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $401K | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.0M | $682 | — |
| 2022 | $1.0M | $67 | — |
| 2020 | $1.0M | $873 | — |
| 2018 | $877K | $10 | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $2.6M | $1K | — | 1,492 |
| healthcare | $432K | — | — | 254 |
| labor union | $380K | — | — | 149 |
| energy oil gas | $206K | — | — | 117 |
| telecommunications | $175K | — | — | 106 |
| technology | $108K | — | — | 68 |
| pharma | $72K | — | — | 37 |
| energy utilities | $66K | — | — | 32 |
| defense | $60K | — | — | 49 |
| insurance | $58K | — | — | 40 |
| agriculture | $42K | — | — | 26 |
| real estate | $41K | — | — | 18 |
| education | $39K | — | — | 23 |
| finance | $25K | — | — | 14 |
| party republican | $16K | — | — | 14 |
| single issue environment | $16K | $40 | — | 22 |
| ideological progressive | $9K | — | — | 3 |
| transportation | $8K | — | — | 5 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $7K | — | — | 5 |
| party democratic | $13 | — | — | 2 |
| single issue pro choice | — | $121 | — | 5 |
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.