Money around Sheldon Whitehouse · 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
$2.1M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$121K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$83K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $46K | $12K | — |
| 2024 | $790K | $59K | $83K |
| 2022 | $155K | — | — |
| 2020 | $39K | — | — |
| 2018 | $1.1M | $50K | — |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $829K | $121K | $83K | 501 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $641K | — | — | 190 |
| labor union | $239K | — | — | 88 |
| healthcare | $72K | — | — | 34 |
| technology | $46K | — | — | 18 |
| single issue israel | $41K | — | — | 21 |
| education | $33K | — | — | 14 |
| finance | $26K | — | — | 12 |
| real estate | $24K | — | — | 8 |
| insurance | $23K | — | — | 12 |
| single issue environment | $22K | $20 | — | 27 |
| energy oil gas | $21K | — | — | 13 |
| telecommunications | $21K | — | — | 9 |
| party republican | $18K | — | — | 6 |
| party democratic | $15K | — | — | 4 |
| defense | $15K | — | — | 12 |
| ideological progressive | $8K | — | — | 2 |
| pharma | $6K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue gun control | $5K | — | — | 2 |
| single issue pro choice | $4K | $70 | — | 5 |
| energy utilities | $4K | — | — | 4 |
| agriculture | $3K | — | — | 1 |
| jfc uncategorized | $2K | — | — | 1 |
| transportation | $1K | — | — | 1 |
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.