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Comparing Business, Labor & Ideological PACs


Business PACs accounted for 61 percent of 1998-cycle PAC spending ($31.5 million); Ideological and Single-issue PACs spent 35 percent ($17.7 million); and Labor PACs spent 4 percent ($2.3 million).

From the 1996 to the 1998 election cycles, all three of the broad PAC categories exhibited dynamic growth in spending of 15 percent or more. The Ideology and Single-Issue PAC category clocked the greatest growth in PAC spending, rising 30 percent in 1998 over the previous election cycle. Spending by Labor PACs, the category with by far the smallest absolute expenditures, grew 19 percent over the period. Finally, the Business PAC category that dominates Texas PAC spending, increased 15 percent.
 
 
 

1998 PAC Cycle Spending by Interest



 
 
 

Interest Category No. of
'98 PACs		 '98 PAC 
Spending		 '96 PAC
Spending		 Percent
Change
Business
506
$31,545,491
$27,329,431
+15%
Labor
86
$2,259,492
$1,891,091
+19% 
Ideology & Single-Issue
263
$17,668,807
$13,716,030
+30%
Unknown 
37
$69,895
$145,840
  
Total
891
$51,543,685
$43,082,392
+20%

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