Money around David G. Valadao · 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
$8.5M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$7.3M
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$23.6M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.1M | $170K | $460K |
| 2024 | $2.3M | $4.4M | $7.1M |
| 2022 | $1.7M | $2.3M | $7.7M |
| 2020 | $687K | $335K | $7.0M |
| 2018 | $1.6M | $104K | $1.3M |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $4.4M | $4.0M | $14.5M | 3,890 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $1.8M | — | — | 743 |
| agriculture | $335K | — | — | 143 |
| energy oil gas | $263K | — | — | 143 |
| defense | $235K | — | — | 137 |
| labor union | $219K | $250K | $229K | 107 |
| healthcare | $190K | $300K | $583K | 115 |
| insurance | $160K | — | — | 62 |
| telecommunications | $156K | — | — | 60 |
| technology | $134K | — | — | 63 |
| finance | $133K | — | — | 59 |
| transportation | $104K | — | — | 49 |
| pharma | $89K | — | — | 49 |
| real estate | $83K | $2.4M | $57K | 81 |
| party republican | $69K | $395K | $140K | 35 |
| single issue israel | $36K | — | — | 45 |
| jfc uncategorized | $34K | — | — | 9 |
| energy utilities | $27K | — | — | 13 |
| single issue gun rights | $16K | $10K | $2K | 21 |
| education | $14K | — | — | 9 |
| single issue environment | $6K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue pro life | — | $3K | — | 6 |
| party democratic | — | — | $8.1M | 62 |
| single issue pro choice | — | — | $14K | 18 |
| single issue gun control | — | — | $861 | 2 |
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.