Funding profile
John Barrasso
Republican · Senator from Wyoming
Career totals · 6 elections · 1996–2030
$27.4 million
raised by Barrasso’s campaigns, everything from 1996 to 2030 added together.
40%
of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $10.9 million from PACs.
$1.2 million
was spent about Barrasso by outside groups. These are ads for or against them that their campaign cannot control, and none of it is part of the money above.
Every number on this page comes from Federal Election Commission filings, read on August 24, 2026. An election still under way keeps raising money, so its figure will have grown since. Check Barrasso on FEC.gov
Where the money came from
Everything Barrasso’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.
- Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.47%$13 million
- Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.40%$10.9 million
- Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.13%$3.5 million
Who gave the most
Committee contributions from the 2024 and 2026 election periods, grouped by how the FEC classifies each giver. This covers a slice of the career total, and giving to a campaign is legal and ordinary.
- Corporation51%$1.7 million
- Trade association22%$737,000
- Labor union1%$41,000
- Membership organization8%$258,000
- Co-operative1%$31,000
- Corporation without capital stock1%$44,000
- Unclassified16%$546,000
Which industries
- Energy & utilities37% · $54,000
- Manufacturing19% · $28,000
- Retail & consumer10% · $15,000
- Health & pharmaceuticals10% · $15,000
- Other24% · $35,000
The FEC records that a committee is a corporation; it does not record its industry. Those labels are ours, kept in a published list anyone can check. Where we have not labeled a giver we say “Other” rather than guessing.
Largest committee givers
- 1American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action CommitteeThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee's political arm. It backs candidates of both parties it considers strong supporters of the U.S.-Israel relationship.$42,000
- 22024 Thune Republican Senate Victory$26,000
- 3American Petroleum Institute Political Action Committee (Api PAC)$25,000
- 4Peabody Energy Corporation$22,000
- 5Scott$20,000
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- 6Drummond Company, Inc.$16,000
- 7Asian American Hotel Owners Association$15,000
- 8Gilead Sciences, Inc.$15,000
- 9American Chemistry Council$15,000
- 10American Optometric Association$15,000
“Unclassified” means the FEC records no organization type for that committee, which usually means a leadership PAC. We show it as unclassified rather than guessing which industry it belongs to.
Money spent about this member
Outside groups, usually super PACs, may spend without limit on ads for or against a candidate, as long as they do not coordinate with the campaign. Barrasso has no legal control over any of it.
This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Barrasso. It was spent on advertising about Barrasso, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.
$1.2 million
has been spent for or against Barrasso by outside groups. $1.2 million supported Barrasso; $1,049 opposed Barrasso.
Largest outside spenders
Summed across 3 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.
Spent supporting
$1.2 millionAds urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.
- HIGH PLAINS PAC$947,000
- AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, INC$133,000
- NATIONAL VICTORY ACTION FUND$75,000
- CLEARPATH ACTION FUND, INC.$25,000
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- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS$20,000
- HEALTHCARE FREEDOM SUPER PAC$10,000
- NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,038
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND$1,794
Spent opposing
$0Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.
Nothing on file.
Election by election
The career figures above are the sum of these elections. Each row links to the Commission’s page for that election, where the numbers match line for line.
| Election | Raised | From PACs | Outside spending | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030in progress | $1.6 million | $367,000 24% | none | FEC |
| 2024 | $10.7 million | $3.8 million 35% | $1.1 million | FEC |
| 2018 | $7.4 million | $3.4 million 46% | $134,000 | FEC |
| 2012 | $4.5 million | $2 million 45% | $25,000 | FEC |
| 2008 | $2.6 million | $1.3 million 52% | none | FEC |
| 1996 | $659,000 | $38,000 6% | none | FEC |
Raised is everything the campaign took in for that election. From PACs is the slice of it given by political action committees. Outside spending is what other groups spent on ads about the race, for and against—it is not part of “Raised”. An election marked in progress is still raising money, so its figures are not final.
We never publish the names of individual donors, and anything we cannot source stays off the page. The methodology explains every such choice.