Dark money & outside spending
Money spent for or against candidates by committees acting independently of the campaigns — super PACs and outside-spending organizations. Ranked by total reported. Coverage-honest: figures come from FEC independent-expenditure filings; nothing is fabricated.
"Outside" or "dark money" spending is done independently of a candidate's campaign — it isn't a contribution to them. These are the committees' independent expenditures as reported to the FEC (Schedule E), split into money spent supporting vs. opposing candidates. Learn more →
Total across the 100 groups shown: $39,080,878,476.
100 spending groups
- C00944025i$14,500,000,00037.1%
- C00946087i$13,001,000,00033.3%
- C00945709i$10,000,000,00025.6%
- TEXAS PACi$131,409,6520.3%
- SLF PACi$124,518,1540.3%
- WINSENATEi$88,741,6940.2%
- UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT ('UDP')i$87,349,3930.2%
- NO GOING BACK PAC INC.i$78,552,5260.2%
- DEFEND AMERICAN JOBSi$64,693,4720.2%
- TEXANS FOR A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITYi$62,435,3320.2%
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTIONi$59,299,7540.2%
- PROTECT PROGRESSi$40,429,5830.1%
- PINE TREE RESULTS PACi$32,945,0490.1%
- LONE STAR RISING PACi$28,884,4000.1%
- LONE STAR LIBERTY PACi$28,614,0110.1%
- A STRONGER MICHIGANi$28,371,8230.1%
- HMPi$27,289,9030.1%
- NORTH STAR DAWN PACi$24,674,6580.1%
- CLFi$24,439,3050.1%
- FAIRSHAKEi$23,741,4620.1%
- FIGHT FOR KENTUCKYi$23,312,4740.1%
- MAGA INC.i$22,351,1380.1%
- ILLINOIS FUTURE PACi$22,057,3060.1%
- C00853135i$22,000,0000.1%
- LOUISIANA FREEDOM FUNDi$18,982,7440.0%
- KEEP AMERICA GREAT PAC, INC.i$18,977,8960.0%
- VOTEVETSi$17,628,5480.0%
- STAND FOR NEW YORK PACi$17,382,2840.0%
- WIN IT BACK PACi$16,804,9250.0%
- THINK BIGi$15,632,6510.0%
- KENTUCKY 4TH PACi$14,280,0000.0%
- ELECT CHICAGO WOMEN AKA ECWi$13,700,0840.0%
- 314 ACTION FUNDi$13,275,1010.0%
- ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT INCi$13,050,7830.0%
- AMERICAN MISSIONi$12,861,7310.0%
- GLCF, INC.i$12,474,4970.0%
- FELLOWSHIP PACi$12,407,1940.0%
- YOU CAN PUSH BACKi$11,489,6800.0%
- BOLD AMERICAi$10,732,7770.0%
- RJC VICTORY FUNDi$10,434,9400.0%
- MAGA KYi$9,753,4430.0%
- PALMETTO ACTIONi$9,649,9730.0%
- CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.i$8,973,1120.0%
- JOBS AND DEMOCRACY PACi$8,816,1370.0%
- LCV VICTORY FUNDi$8,710,3540.0%
- CONSERVATIVE TEXANS PACi$8,529,1740.0%
- AMERICA PACi$8,487,3910.0%
- NEW DEMOCRAT MAJORITYi$8,242,2410.0%
- ADVANCE PROGRESSi$7,600,0000.0%
- THE 1861 INITIATIVEi$7,500,0000.0%
- EDF ACTION VOTESi$7,180,2940.0%
- PROTECT FREEDOM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEi$7,049,5720.0%
- CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTIONi$7,022,8000.0%
- KY PACi$6,919,7270.0%
- YOUR COMMUNITY PACi$6,875,6930.0%
- DEFENDING OUR VALUES PACi$6,767,1180.0%
- PROJECT 218i$6,688,8330.0%
- BDA PACi$6,460,0000.0%
- AFFORDABLE CHICAGO NOW! (ACN)i$6,400,0000.0%
- DEFEND THE VOTEi$6,094,2780.0%
- UNITE TO WINi$5,987,0470.0%
- AMERICAN PRIORITIES (AP)i$5,616,0000.0%
- ALABAMA FREEDOM FUNDi$5,614,1250.0%
- OHIO FLYER PACi$5,265,4020.0%
- SECURITY IS STRENGTH PACi$5,018,6800.0%
- NUESTRO PACi$5,000,0000.0%
- FIGHTING FOR WYOMINGi$5,000,0000.0%
- STRONGER SAFER NATIONi$4,862,3460.0%
- INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PACi$4,776,6970.0%
- GIFFORDS PACi$4,749,6960.0%
- THE GEORGIA WAYi$4,550,1080.0%
- PRO-CHOICE MAJORITY ACTIONi$4,469,5170.0%
- INDEPENDENT PACi$4,303,0000.0%
- NORTH STARi$4,235,8560.0%
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED FOR PATIENT PROTECTIONi$4,020,0000.0%
- HARDWORKING AMERICANS INC.i$3,988,0250.0%
- TEXANS DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITYi$3,706,9620.0%
- DMFI PACi$3,500,0000.0%
- NRDC ACTION VOTESi$3,500,0000.0%
- RESTORATION OF AMERICA PACi$3,294,2800.0%
- FIGHT ON IOWAi$3,294,0000.0%
- CHICAGO PROGRESSIVE PARTNERSHIPi$3,250,0000.0%
- DLGAi$3,236,1440.0%
- LAST FRONTIER PACi$3,224,9710.0%
- AMERICA ONEi$3,198,1820.0%
- NEBRASKA VALUES PACi$3,174,3180.0%
- NEW LEADERSHIP NOWi$3,103,0800.0%
- AMERICANS 4 SECURITY PACi$3,038,2910.0%
- PROGRESSIVE CHAMPIONS PACi$3,000,0000.0%
- DIGITAL FREEDOM FUNDi$2,970,1990.0%
- PANHANDLE PATRIOTS PACi$2,844,8100.0%
- KENTUCKY FIRST PACi$2,813,9720.0%
- PROGRESSIVE UNITY FUNDi$2,750,0000.0%
- CENTER FORWARD COMMITTEEi$2,736,4430.0%
- MICHIGAN VALUES PACi$2,727,5000.0%
- EQUALITY PACi$2,662,5000.0%
- NEW LEADERSHIP PACi$2,650,0000.0%
- AB PACi$2,629,5000.0%
- GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PACi$2,589,5720.0%
- WOMEN VOTEi$2,580,1930.0%
Top reported independent-expenditure spenders for the cycle, rolled up per committee into support vs. oppose (largest transactions; not a complete ledger).
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