Politician
Cleo Fields
Democrat · Louisiana · ran 1 time since 2020, won 1
FEC candidate H4LA06211
Cleo Fields (Democrat) raised $1.2M for the 2024 Louisiana 6th District race, $126K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $300K for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). They won.
Raised, all runs
$1.2M
2024
From PAC checks
10%
$126K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$300K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Louisiana 6th District | $1.2M | 10% | $300K / $0 | $10K | $1.5M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Union $30KTrade group $21KMembership $20KCorporate $20KLeadership PAC $16KOther $5K
- Smoke Bend Associates LLC Federal Political Action CommitteeTrade group$12K
- Who Dat PACLeadership PAC$10K
- Crescent River Port Pilots Association Federal Political Action Committee/Crppa Fed PACMembership$10K
- Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating EngineersUnionLobbyist PAC$5K
- Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PACLeadership PAC$5K
- ArpacMembership$5K
- Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace WorkersUnionLobbyist PAC$5K
- Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoinersUnionLobbyist PAC$5K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Louisiana Families First PACfor $300K
The payback
How they voted on their funders' bills
On the 3 key votes where Cleo Fields had taken $10K+ from the industry with a stake, they voted the industry's way 3 times (100%). Money is PAC checks plus credited super PAC support across every run since 2020; “with industry” is the vote the industry lobbied for.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | – | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Members who trade stocks wanted nay | $13M | Nay · with industry |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $34K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | – | Nay · against |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | –$3K | Nay · againstNay · with industry |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | – | Nay · against |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $8K | Nay · against |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $34K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $3K | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | – | Nay · against |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | – | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | – | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $3K– | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | – | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $3K | Nay · against |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | – | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | – | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $3K | Nay · against |
Their own portfolio
242 stock trades, worth $13M–$33M
Reported under the STOCK Act from 23 filings since 2021, including trades by a spouse or dependent child. 229 buys, 13 sells. Heaviest in tech and ai ($12M+), defense contractors ($266K+), wall street and hedge funds ($66K+).
Most traded
- NVDA NVIDIA Corporation - Common Stock$4.6M+50 trades
- AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. - Common Stock$1.2M+16 trades
- AAPL Apple Inc. - Common Stock$1.1M+23 trades
- MSFT Microsoft Corporation - Common Stock$889K+20 trades
- GOOG Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock$866K+20 trades
- META Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A Common Stock$815K+13 trades
- TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.$736K+14 trades
- NFLX Netflix, Inc. - Common Stock$553K+9 trades
Latest trades
- buyTSM2026-10-09 · stock$1K–$15K
- buyNVDA2026-10-01 · stock$1K–$15K
- buyNVDA2026-10-01 · stock$1K–$15K
- buyNVDA2026-10-01 · stock$1K–$15K
- buyGOOG2026-09-14 · stock$1K–$15K
- buyNFLX2026-09-14 · stock$1K–$15K
- buyMSFT2026-09-10 · stock$1K–$15K
- buyMSFT2026-09-10 · stock$1K–$15K
Filings on the House Clerk's site.
The revolving door
1 former aide now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Cleo Fields's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A former staffer gets the meeting.
Amber MilenkevichFormer congressional staff
Jared Sutton, Senate Banking Committee; Evan Ashy, Congressman Cleo Fields
Now lobbies for Independent Community Bankers Of America, Americas Credit Unions, Fka Credit Union National Association, INC. Dba America, National Association Of Federally-Insured Credit Unions · via Americas Credit Unions, Fka Credit Union National Association, INC. Dba Americas Credit Unions, National Association Of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (fka Nat'L Assn Of Federal Credit Unions)
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Cleo Fields's 2024 campaign?
- Cleo Fields (Democrat) raised $1.2M for the 2024 Louisiana 6th District race, $126K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $300K for and $0 against them (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Cleo Fields?
- Smoke Bend Associates LLC Federal Political Action Committee ($12K), Who Dat PAC ($10K), Crescent River Port Pilots Association Federal Political Action Committee/Crppa Fed PAC ($10K), Engineers Political Education Committee (Epec)/International Union of Operating Engineers ($5K), Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC ($5K) in 2024.
- Which super PACs spent on Cleo Fields's race?
- Louisiana Families First PAC ($300K for) in 2024.