Money around George Whitesides · 2 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
$1.3M
to the principal campaign committee, all cycles
Outside spending · for
$4.2M
independent expenditures supporting
Outside spending · against
$11.4M
independent expenditures opposing — not support
By election cycle
| Cycle | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $503K | $209 | $5K |
| 2024 | $813K | $4.2M | $11.4M |
By donor industry · PAC sponsor's industry tag, all cycles
| Industry | Direct PAC | Outside · for | Outside · against | Transactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uncategorized | $617K | $2.5M | $9.1M | 496 |
| leadership pac uncategorized | $308K | — | — | 149 |
| labor union | $118K | $52K | $9K | 50 |
| jfc uncategorized | $53K | — | — | 2 |
| education | $38K | — | — | 8 |
| defense | $35K | — | — | 21 |
| energy oil gas | $31K | — | — | 15 |
| ideological progressive | $26K | — | — | 65 |
| technology | $18K | — | — | 9 |
| single issue environment | $17K | $1.4M | $1K | 44 |
| party democratic | $13K | $97K | — | 30 |
| insurance | $9K | — | — | 4 |
| telecommunications | $8K | — | — | 5 |
| single issue pro choice | $7K | $114K | — | 42 |
| healthcare | $5K | $11K | — | 9 |
| single issue gun control | $5K | $8K | — | 26 |
| finance | $5K | — | — | 3 |
| real estate | $3K | — | — | 2 |
| pharma | $2K | — | — | 1 |
| agriculture | $1K | — | — | 1 |
| party republican | $500 | — | $2.3M | 13 |
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.