Which PACs gave the most to Filemon B. Vela?

S&B PAC ($15K), General Atomics Political Action Committee ($13K), Cme Group Inc. PAC ($10K), Exxon Mobil Corporation Political Action Committee (Exxonmobil PAC) ($10K), National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($10K) 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 with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). They won.

Raised, all cycles

$993K

2020; counted once per cycle

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 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
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 $370KTrade group $211KUnion $101KMembership $51KOther $36KLeadership PAC $6KParty $4KSuper PAC $4K

S&B PACCorporate$15K
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
At&T Inc./Warnermedia LLC Federal Political Action Committee (At&T/Warnermedia Federal PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Charter Communications Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation PAC - Dtcc PAC; theCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K

Outside money, for and against

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

No outside spending of note.

Funding and votes

How their votes align with industry funding

Across 2 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 1 time (50%). 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.

All issues →

Vote	Industry	Their money from it	Voted
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$36K	Yea · against
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	$2K	Yea · against
PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$115K	Yea · with industry

Constituents vs. funders

Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 2 of 2 key votes (100%)

On 1 vote, 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 1. 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.

Who sides with funders →

Vote	Their constituents	Their funders	Voted
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022	93% support ±9TX-34 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question	$36K Pharma and health care wanted nay	YeaVoters over funders
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021	93% support ±1Texas (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024	No industry with a side gave $10K+	YeaWith voters

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 listed former position does not establish contact with that office.

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 with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to Filemon B. Vela?: S&B PAC ($15K), General Atomics Political Action Committee ($13K), Cme Group Inc. PAC ($10K), Exxon Mobil Corporation Political Action Committee (Exxonmobil PAC) ($10K), National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2020.