Politician
Dwight Evans
Democrat · Pennsylvania · ran 3 times since 2020, won 3 · incumbent
FEC candidate H6PA02171
Dwight Evans (Democrat) raised $976K for the 2024 Pennsylvania 3rd District race, $657K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $19K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$3.1M
2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
68%
$2.1M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$98K
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$0
Spent attacking them
68% of Dwight Evans's campaign money came from PAC checks, not from people. That is one of the heaviest reliances on organized money in Congress.
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pennsylvania 3rd District | $976K | 67% | $19K / $0 | $2K | $995K | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Pennsylvania 3rd District | $1.1M | 66% | $67K / $0 | $15K | $1.2M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Pennsylvania 3rd District | $947K | 70% | $11K / $0 | – | $959K | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $747KUnion $444KTrade group $414KMembership $206KOther $154KLeadership PAC $54KSuper PAC $16K
- Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - FederalCorporateLobbyist PAC$20K
- National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$20K
- Transport Workers Union of America Political Contributions CommitteeUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot ClubUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$20K
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Political CommitteeUnionLobbyist PAC$20K
- National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. Political Action CommitteeTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
- Int'l Union of Bricklayers and Allied CraftworkersUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors Political Action CommTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
- Ballard Spahr LLP PACOtherLobbyist PAC$10K
- Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace WorkersUnionLobbyist PAC$10K
- Lpl Financial LLC Political Action Committee (Lpl PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- Environment America Action Fundfor $63K
- Reproductive Freedom for All Freedom Fundfor $19K
- Commonwealth Communicationsfor $11K
- Democratic Jewish Outreach Pafor $4K
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98 Committee On Political Educationfor $368
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 17 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 6 times (35%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $28K | Nay · against |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | Unknown coverage | Nay · with industry |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $496K | Yea · with industry |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $120K$1K | Nay · againstNay · with industry |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $120K | Nay · against |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $50K | Present / not voting |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $496K | Yea · with industry |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $1K | Nay · against |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $28K | Present / not voting |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $1K$222K | Nay · againstNay · against |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $222K | Nay · against |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $1K | Nay · against |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $222K | Nay · against |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $1K | Nay · against |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Present / not voting |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $6K | Present / not voting |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $6K | Nay · against |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $6K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $21K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $140K | Nay · against |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $319K | Nay · with industry |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $21K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $6K | Nay · against |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $0 | Nay · against |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $11K | Yea · against |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $0$74K$63K | Yea · againstYea · againstYea · against |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $74K | Yea · against |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $0 | Yea · against |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $150K | Yea · with industry |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 6 of 6 key votes (100%)
On 3 votes, industries that gave them $10K+ before the vote wanted the opposite of what most of their constituents wanted. They sided with the funders 0 times and with their constituents 3. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 59% support ±13PA-03 · split · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 36% support ±13PA-03 · wanted Nay · CES 2024 · related question | $222K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | NayVoters over funders |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 41% support ±13PA-03 · split · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 41% support ±13PA-03 · split · CES 2024 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 90% support ±6PA-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | $74K Pharma and health care wanted nay$63K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 81% support ±8PA-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 88% support ±2Pennsylvania (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 97% support ±3PA-03 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | $74K Pharma and health care wanted nay | YeaVoters over funders |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 92% support ±2Pennsylvania (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | YeaWith voters |
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Dwight Evans's 2024 campaign?
- Dwight Evans (Democrat) raised $976K for the 2024 Pennsylvania 3rd District race, $657K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $19K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Dwight Evans?
- Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - Federal ($10K), National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee ($10K), Transport Workers Union of America Political Contributions Committee ($10K), National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. Political Action Committee ($10K), United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club ($10K) in 2024.
- Which super PACs spent on Dwight Evans's race?
- Reproductive Freedom for All Freedom Fund ($19K for) in 2024.
- How much has Dwight Evans raised across elections?
- $976K in 2024, $1.1M in 2022, $947K in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.