PaidForPolitics

Guns

Gun rights and gun safety groups both give to candidates and run independent ads, often in the same races.

  • Given: the group’s own contributions to the campaign
  • Bundled: donors’ contributions the group collected and forwarded
  • For: outside spending supporting
  • Against: outside spending opposing

Groups tracked · raised $6.5M this cycle

Gun rights

Totals

  • Given to campaigns
    $1.4M
  • Bundled to campaigns
    $10K
  • Spent for
    $195K
  • Spent against
    $0

Groups

  • NRA-PVFPolitical Victory Fund (PVF) of the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA’s main committee for giving to candidates and running election ads. FEC type: PAC.$742K
  • Gun Owners of America PVFPolitical Victory Fund (PVF) of Gun Owners of America (GOA), a gun rights group. FEC type: PAC.$2K
  • NSSF PACPAC of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the firearms industry’s trade group. FEC type: PAC.$773K
  • NAGR PACPAC of the National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR), a gun rights group. FEC type: PAC.$44K

Where the money went

  1. Dan S. Sullivan (R)Senate · AK
    • Given$20K
    • For$13K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  2. Jeff Hurd (R)House · CO-03
    • Given$8K
    • For$16K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  3. Ashley Moody (R)Senate · FL
    • Given$15K
    • For$7K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  4. Ken Paxton (R)Senate · TX
    • Given$20K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC, NAGR PAC
  5. Tom Emmer (R)House · MN-06
    • Given$20K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  6. Pete Ricketts (R)Senate · NE
    • Given$16K
    • For$4K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  7. Nick Begich III (R)House · AK
    • Given$6K
    • For$13K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  8. John E. Sununu (R)Senate · NH
    • Given$8K
    • For$10K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  9. Jon Husted (R)Senate · OH
    • Given$18K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  10. Rob Wittman (R)House · VA-01
    • Given$10K
    • For$7K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  11. Jeff Crank (R)House · CO-05
    • Given$6K
    • For$11K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC
  12. Tom Cole (R)House · OK-04
    • Given$16K
    via NRA-PVF, NSSF PAC

Showing the top 12 of 273 candidates.

Groups tracked · raised $48.7M this cycle

Gun safety

Totals

  • Given to campaigns
    $106K
  • Bundled to campaigns
    $0
  • Spent for
    $24.0M
  • Spent against
    $16.9M

Groups

  • Everytown Victory FundSuper PAC of Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun safety group that includes Moms Demand Action. FEC type: Super PAC.$33.7M
  • Giffords PACPAC of Giffords, the gun safety group founded by former Rep. Gabby Giffords. FEC type: Hybrid PAC.$7.3M
  • Brady PACPAC of Brady, a gun violence prevention group named for James and Sarah Brady. FEC type: Hybrid PAC.$711
  • Everytown PACEverytown for Gun Safety’s PAC that gives directly to candidates. FEC type: PAC.$31K
  • Everytown Demand a Seat PACEverytown for Gun Safety PAC backing Moms Demand Action volunteers who run for office. FEC type: Super PAC.$0
  • March for Our Lives Action FundGroup started by survivors of the 2018 Parkland, Fla., school shooting to push for gun safety laws. Reports its independent ads to the FEC. FEC type: Outside spender (not a PAC).$0

Where the money went

  1. Christina Hines (D)House · MI-10
    • Given$4K
    • For$5.5M
    via Everytown Victory Fund, Giffords PAC, Everytown PAC
  2. Lindsay James (D)House · IA-02
    • Given$2K
    • For$5.4M
    via Everytown Victory Fund, Everytown PAC
  3. Zach Nunn (R)House · IA-03
    • Against$3.6M
    via Everytown Victory Fund
  4. Sarah Trone Garriott (D)House · IA-03
    • Given$2K
    • For$3.2M
    via Everytown Victory Fund, Everytown PAC
  5. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)House · IA-01
    • Against$3.0M
    via Everytown Victory Fund
  6. Paige Cognetti (D)House · PA-08
    • Given$3K
    • For$2.8M
    via Everytown Victory Fund, Giffords PAC, Everytown PAC
  7. JoAnna Mendoza (D)House · AZ-06
    • Given$3K
    • For$2.7M
    via Everytown Victory Fund, Giffords PAC, Everytown PAC
  8. Casey Askar (R)House · FL-22
    • Against$2.1M
    via Everytown Victory Fund
  9. David Valadao (R)House · CA-22
    • Against$1.8M
    via Giffords PAC
  10. Christina Bohannan (D)House · IA-01
    • Given$3K
    • For$1.5M
    via Everytown Victory Fund, Giffords PAC, Everytown PAC
  11. Rob Bresnahan (R)House · PA-08
    • Against$1.4M
    via Everytown Victory Fund, Giffords PAC
  12. Jared Moskowitz (D)House · FL-25
    • Given$1K
    • For$1.2M
    via Everytown Victory Fund, Giffords PAC

Showing the top 12 of 75 candidates.

What this page doesn’t show

  • Spending by affiliated nonprofits that isn’t reported to the FEC
  • State legislative races
  • Money given to party committees and other PACs, which is listed on each group’s own page

Totals cover the 2025-26 cycle, from FEC data as of Oct. 31, 2026. Each group’s total counts its contributions to candidates’ campaigns, the bundled contributions it forwarded for its donors, and its outside spending for and against candidates. Bundled money belongs to the individual donors, so it’s shown separately from the group’s own giving and never counted twice. Outside spending is from FEC filings through Oct. 30, 2026, the same figures as our race pages, and includes $35.6M from 24- and 48-hour reports, as filed. How this works.