Money around Bruce Westerman · 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
$4.5M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$110K
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$1K
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $785K | — | — |
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1K | — |
| 2022 | $939K | $108K | $311 |
| 2020 | $757K | — | — |
| 2018 | $706K | — | $861 |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $3.0M | $19K | $311 | 1,503 |
| energy oil gas | $410K | $90K | — | 615 |
| transportation | $174K | — | — | 101 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $158K | — | — | 46 |
| defense | $116K | — | — | 91 |
| agriculture | $116K | — | — | 53 |
| telecommunications | $102K | — | — | 46 |
| finance | $92K | — | — | 50 |
| labor union | $80K | — | — | 47 |
| insurance | $78K | — | — | 36 |
| real estate | $77K | — | — | 30 |
| technology | $59K | — | — | 34 |
| healthcare | $33K | — | — | 17 |
| single issue israel | $23K | — | — | 10 |
| energy utilities | $19K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue gun rights | $10K | — | — | 8 |
| party republican | $5K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue environment | $3K | — | — | 1 |
| pharma | $2K | — | — | 2 |
| education | $750 | — | — | 2 |
| 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.