Which PACs gave the most to JD Vance?

NRSC ($51K), Reclaim America PAC ($10K), Fighting for Missouri PAC ($10K), Making a Responsible Stand for Households in America PAC ($10K), Pelican PAC ($10K) in 2022.

Which super PACs spent on JD Vance's race?

Save America Fund ($7.1M against), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.9M against), Protect Ohio Values PAC (Pov PAC) ($2.0M for) in 2022.

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Politician

JD Vance

Republican · Ohio · ran 1 time since 2020, won 1

FEC candidate S2OH00436

JD Vance (Republican) raised $16M for the 2022 Ohio Senate race, $793K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $4.4M for and $13M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). They won.

Raised, all cycles

$16M

2022; counted once per cycle

From PAC checks

$793K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

$4.4M

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

$13M

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
2022	Ohio Senate	$16M	5%	$4.4M / $13M	$860K	$33M	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

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

Leadership PAC $337KCorporate $176KOther $112KTrade group $106KParty $58KMembership $49KSuper PAC $28K

NRSCParty$51K
Reclaim America PACLeadership PAC$10K
Fighting for Missouri PACLeadership PAC$10K
Making a Responsible Stand for Households in America PACLeadership PAC$10K
Pelican PACLeadership PAC$10K
Lead Encourage Elect PACLeadership PAC$10K
Common Values PACLeadership PAC$10K
Senate Eagle PACLeadership PAC$10K

Outside money, for and against

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

Save America Fundagainst $7.1M
Future Forward (FF PAC)against $2.9M
Protect Ohio Values PAC (Pov PAC)for $2.0M
Republican Accountability PACfor $3K · against $1.7M
Straight Talk Politics PACagainst $525K

Funding and votes

How their votes align with industry funding

No covered comparison reached $10K in traced industry funding. 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
Block Israel arms sale (Nov 2024)Senate · 2024 · 18–79	Pro-Israel groups wanted nay	$10K	Present / not voting
SAB 121 repealSenate · 2024 · 60–38	Crypto wanted yea	$0	Yea · with industry
Joint-employer rule repealSenate · 2024 · 50–48	Labor unions wanted nay	$8K	Yea · against
NDAA FY2024Senate · 2023 · 87–13	Defense contractors wanted yea	$2K	Nay · against
Pistol brace rule repealSenate · 2023 · 49–50	Gun lobby wanted yea	$9K	Yea · with 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 JD Vance's 2022 campaign?: JD Vance (Republican) raised $16M for the 2022 Ohio Senate race, $793K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $4.4M for and $13M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). They won.
Which PACs gave the most to JD Vance?: NRSC ($51K), Reclaim America PAC ($10K), Fighting for Missouri PAC ($10K), Making a Responsible Stand for Households in America PAC ($10K), Pelican PAC ($10K) in 2022.
Which super PACs spent on JD Vance's race?: Save America Fund ($7.1M against), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.9M against), Protect Ohio Values PAC (Pov PAC) ($2.0M for) in 2022.