Money around Chris Van Hollen · 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
$1.8M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$41K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$25K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $69K | — | — |
| 2024 | $50K | — | — |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $41K | $25K |
| 2020 | $177K | — | — |
| 2018 | $53K | — | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $821K | $39K | — | 421 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $355K | — | — | 93 |
| labor union | $155K | $2K | $1K | 55 |
| finance | $133K | — | — | 60 |
| telecommunications | $78K | — | — | 39 |
| insurance | $75K | — | — | 32 |
| technology | $41K | — | — | 19 |
| healthcare | $31K | — | — | 11 |
| defense | $28K | — | — | 17 |
| energy oil gas | $22K | — | — | 11 |
| transportation | $18K | — | — | 9 |
| real estate | $18K | — | $23K | 10 |
| education | $12K | — | — | 4 |
| ideological progressive | $10K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue gun control | $10K | — | — | 5 |
| pharma | $9K | — | — | 4 |
| single issue environment | $7K | $10 | — | 8 |
| party republican | $4K | — | — | 3 |
| agriculture | $3K | — | — | 3 |
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.