2020 general election
Alabama 1st District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$3.7M was spent on the 2020 Alabama 1st District race: $2.4M raised by the campaigns, $387K of it from PACs, plus $1.3M from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Jerry Carl (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$3.7M
Raised by campaigns
$2.4M
PAC checks
$387K
Outside money
$1.3M
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Jerry CarlRepublican
✓ Won- Raised
- $2.3M
- Spent
- $2.2M
- From individuals
- $1.0M
- From PACs
- $387K
- From party
- $5K
- Own money & loans
- $761K
- Outside money for
- $115K
- Outside money against
- $1.2M
Who paid: 17% of Carl's money came from PACs
Corporate $146K (37%)Trade group $67K (17%)Leadership PAC $74K (19%)Membership $54K (14%)Super PAC $4K (1%)Party $5K (1%)Other $43K (11%)
- David Volkert & Associates, Inc. Corporate$15K
- Alabama Power Company Corporate$15K
- Scalise Leadership PAC$15K
- Mccarthy Victory Fund Leadership PAC$15K
- Credit Union National Association Trade group$10K
- Alabama Farmers Federation * Corporate$10K
- United States Peanut Political Action Committee (US Peanut PAC) Other$10K
- Shelby Leadership PAC$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- Club for Growth Action · $1.2M attacking
- Right for Alabama PAC, Inc · $115K supporting
James AverhartDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $80K
- Spent
- $79K
- From individuals
- $51K
- From PACs
- $0
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $29K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 0% of Averhart's money came from PACs
Corporate $1K (22%)Union $1K (22%)Other $3K (56%)
- The Collective PAC Other$3K
- Maynard Cooper & Gale Corporate$1K
- International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO Union$1K
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 Alabama 1st District race?
- $3.7M was spent on the 2020 Alabama 1st District race: $2.4M raised by the campaigns, $387K of it from PACs, plus $1.3M from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Jerry Carl (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Alabama 1st District race?
- Jerry Carl (Republican) raised $2.3M and had $115K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Alabama 1st District race?
- Club for Growth Action ($1.2M), Right for Alabama PAC, Inc ($115K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Alabama 1st District race?
- David Volkert & Associates, Inc. Political Action Committee ('Dva/Hc PAC') gave $15K to Jerry Carl; Alabama Power Co Employees Federal Political Action Cmte (Apc Employees Federal PAC) gave $15K to Jerry Carl; The Eye of the Tiger Political Action Committee gave $15K to Jerry Carl.