Which PACs gave the most to Steven M. Palazzo?

American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee ($10K), The Boeing Company Political Action Committee ($10K), Leidos Inc. Political Action Committee ($10K), Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC ($10K), Jacobs Good Government Fund of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. ($10K) in 2020.

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Politician

Steven M. Palazzo

Republican · Mississippi · ran 1 time since 2020, won 1 · incumbent

FEC candidate H0MS04120

Steven M. Palazzo (Republican) raised $828K for the 2020 Mississippi 4th District race, $541K 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

$828K

2020; counted once per cycle

From PAC checks

65%

$541K 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	Mississippi 4th District	$828K	65%	$0 / $0	–	$828K	✓ Won

Who wrote the checks

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

Corporate $256KTrade group $112KOther $66KMembership $56KLeadership PAC $28KUnion $7KSuper PAC $4K

American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
The Boeing Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Leidos Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PACCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Jacobs Good Government Fund of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. Employees Political Action Committee (Hiipac)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
Culac the PAC of Credit Union National AssociationTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
National Association of Realtors Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist 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 3 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 2 times (67%). 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
Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184	Tech and AI wanted nay	$28K	Nay · with industry
Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207	Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay	$8K$10K$10K	Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213	Gun lobby wanted nay	$4K	Nay · with industry
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193	Gun lobby wanted nay	$4K	Nay · with industry
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193	Pharma and health care wanted nay	$10K	Nay · with industry
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203	Gun lobby wanted nay	$4K	Nay · with industry
PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206	Labor unions wanted yea	$20K	Nay · against

Constituents vs. funders

Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 0 of 3 key votes (0%)

None of these votes set their $10K+ industry funders against a clear majority of their constituents. 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
Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022	58% support ±13MS-04 · split · CES 2022	$10K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay	NayVoters split
Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022	44% support ±13MS-04 · split · CES 2022	No industry with a side gave $10K+	NayVoters split
Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022	87% support ±5Mississippi (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024	No industry with a side gave $10K+	NayAgainst voters
Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022	90% support ±8MS-04 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question	No industry with a side gave $10K+	NayAgainst voters
Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021	92% support ±4Mississippi (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024	No industry with a side gave $10K+	NayAgainst voters

The revolving door

2 former aides now lobbying

Lobbyists who list a job in Steven M. Palazzo'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.

Erskine WellsFormer congressional staff
Dep COS Sen. Wicker; COS Rep. Palazzo; Leg Asst Sen Wicker; Intern Sen. Cochran
Now lobbies for Verizon Communications INC, RTX Corporation And Affiliates (fka Raytheon Technologies Corp. And Affiliates), Comcast Corporation, Chevron U.S.A., INC. · via Bgr Government Affairs
Conner BraceFormer congressional staff
Staff Assistant Office of the House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (LA-01), Legislative Aide Office of Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS-04), Legislative Affairs Adviso…
Now lobbies for Chambers For Innovation And Clean Energy · via Boundary Stone Partners

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 Steven M. Palazzo's 2020 campaign?: Steven M. Palazzo (Republican) raised $828K for the 2020 Mississippi 4th District race, $541K 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 Steven M. Palazzo?: American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee ($10K), The Boeing Company Political Action Committee ($10K), Leidos Inc. Political Action Committee ($10K), Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC ($10K), Jacobs Good Government Fund of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. ($10K) in 2020.