Money around Debbie Wasserman Schultz · 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
$3.3M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$14K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$109K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $451K | — | $67K |
| 2024 | $816K | $395 | $36K |
| 2022 | $690K | $558 | $5K |
| 2020 | $694K | $13K | — |
| 2018 | $616K | $268 | $1K |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $1.8M | $784 | $95K | 846 |
| labor union | $480K | $11K | — | 155 |
| finance | $145K | — | — | 73 |
| healthcare | $142K | — | — | 57 |
| defense | $141K | — | — | 73 |
| technology | $132K | — | — | 75 |
| telecommunications | $119K | — | — | 57 |
| energy oil gas | $55K | — | — | 28 |
| transportation | $50K | — | — | 27 |
| insurance | $48K | — | — | 21 |
| single issue israel | $46K | — | $14K | 51 |
| real estate | $42K | — | — | 19 |
| education | $41K | — | — | 16 |
| pharma | $26K | — | — | 16 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $19K | — | — | 8 |
| ideological progressive | $9K | — | — | 3 |
| agriculture | $6K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue gun control | $5K | — | — | 6 |
| single issue environment | $3K | $41 | — | 11 |
| party republican | $3K | — | — | 2 |
| energy utilities | $3K | — | — | 1 |
| single issue pro choice | $1K | $2K | — | 12 |
| party democratic | $30 | — | — | 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.