Money around Nydia M. Velázquez · 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
$1.6M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$373
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
—
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $72K | — | — |
| 2024 | $212K | $10 | — |
| 2022 | $266K | $18 | — |
| 2020 | $392K | $335 | — |
| 2018 | $668K | $10 | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $854K | $212 | — | 460 |
| labor union | $240K | — | — | 100 |
| finance | $158K | — | — | 73 |
| insurance | $64K | — | — | 33 |
| real estate | $59K | — | — | 24 |
| technology | $53K | — | — | 27 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $43K | — | — | 12 |
| healthcare | $33K | — | — | 20 |
| telecommunications | $32K | — | — | 18 |
| agriculture | $19K | — | — | 12 |
| pharma | $11K | — | — | 4 |
| education | $10K | — | — | 4 |
| energy oil gas | $9K | — | — | 3 |
| ideological progressive | $8K | — | — | 4 |
| party republican | $6K | — | — | 3 |
| jfc uncategorized | $6K | — | — | 2 |
| transportation | $4K | — | — | 4 |
| defense | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue environment | $2K | $40 | — | 7 |
| 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.