Money around Maxine Waters · 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
$3.0M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$58K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$1.2M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $212K | $10 | — |
| 2024 | $553K | $489 | — |
| 2022 | $709K | $1K | $8K |
| 2020 | $927K | $47K | $76K |
| 2018 | $596K | $10K | $1.1M |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.5M | $58K | $1.1M | 732 |
| finance | $398K | — | — | 153 |
| labor union | $367K | $73 | $1K | 134 |
| insurance | $349K | — | — | 132 |
| real estate | $91K | — | $11K | 36 |
| telecommunications | $69K | — | — | 29 |
| technology | $67K | — | — | 26 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $64K | — | — | 31 |
| defense | $42K | — | — | 15 |
| energy oil gas | $20K | — | — | 13 |
| healthcare | $19K | — | — | 11 |
| ideological progressive | $16K | — | — | 6 |
| party republican | $14K | — | $160K | 39 |
| education | $10K | — | — | 3 |
| transportation | $6K | — | — | 3 |
| pharma | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue environment | $1K | $50 | $3 | 8 |
| party democratic | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro choice | — | $822 | — | 20 |
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.