Which PACs gave the most to Filemon B. Vela?

S&B PAC ($15K), Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers ($15K), Texas Farm Bureau Agfund ($14K), Phillips 66 PAC ($13K), General Atomics Political Action Committee ($13K) in 2020.

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Politician

Filemon B. Vela

Democrat · Texas · ran 1 time since 2020, won 1 · incumbent

FEC candidate H2TX27190

Filemon B. Vela (Democrat) raised $993K for the 2020 Texas 34th District race, $766K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.

Raised, all runs

$993K

2020

From PAC checks

77%

$766K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

Spent attacking them

Every run

Each general election, with the money behind it and the result.

Cycle	Race	Raised	PAC share	Outside for / against	Google ads	All money	Result
2020	Texas 34th District	$993K	77%	$0 / $0	–	$993K	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.

Corporate $386KTrade group $221KUnion $108KMembership $58KOther $36KLeadership PAC $6KSuper PAC $5KParty $4K

S&B PACCorporate$15K
Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace WorkersUnionLobbyist PAC$15K
Texas Farm Bureau AgfundMembershipLobbyist PAC$14K
Phillips 66 PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$13K
General Atomics Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$13K
Cme Group Inc. PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Exxon Mobil Corporation Political Action Committee (Exxonmobil PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K

Outside money, for and against

Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.

No outside spending of note.

The payback

How they voted on their funders' bills

On the 2 key votes where Filemon B. Vela had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 1 time (50%). Money is PAC checks plus credited super PAC support across every run since 2020; “with industry” is the vote the industry lobbied for.

All issues →

Vote	Industry	Their money from it	Voted
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$38K	Yea · against
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	$2K	Yea · against
PRO Act (union organising)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$123K	Yea · with industry

The revolving door

1 former aide now lobbying

Lobbyists who list a job in Filemon B. Vela's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A former staffer gets the meeting.

Sandra AlcalaFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff - Rep. Filemon Vela; Member Services Director - H. Democratic Caucus (Rep. Hakeem Jeffries); Policy Director - Congressional Hispanic Caucus (…
Now lobbies for Unitedhealth Group INC, Pfizer, INC., Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund, Biotechnology Innovation Organization and 3 more · via Avoq, LLC

The revolving door, industry by industry →

Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.

Questions people ask

Who funded Filemon B. Vela's 2020 campaign?: Filemon B. Vela (Democrat) raised $993K for the 2020 Texas 34th District race, $766K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $0 for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Filemon B. Vela?: S&B PAC ($15K), Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers ($15K), Texas Farm Bureau Agfund ($14K), Phillips 66 PAC ($13K), General Atomics Political Action Committee ($13K) in 2020.