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Funding profile

Scott Perry

Republican · Representative for Pennsylvania’s 10th district

Career totals · 8 elections · 20122026

$20.1 million

raised by Perry’s campaigns, everything from 2012 to 2026 added together.

21%

of it came from organized groups rather than from people giving on their own: at least $4.2 million from PACs, plus donations that organizations collected and directed.

$15 million

was spent about Perry 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 Perry on FEC.gov

Where the money came from

Everything Perry’s campaigns have reported raising, split by who gave it.

$20.1 millionraised
  • Individual donorsMoney given by people, in their own name.71%$14.4 million
  • Political action committeesOrganized groups: company-run committees, unions, trade associations.18%$3.7 million
  • Other sourcesParty transfers, the candidate's own money, loans and smaller categories.10%$2.1 million
Federal Election Commission filings across 8 elections. Percentages may not total 100 because each is rounded.

Money bundled through organizations

Not every “individual” donation arrives on its own. An organization can collect checks from its members, already earmarked for Perry, and deliver them in a bundle. The law counts that as individual money, but the organization still chose where it went.

$594,000

reached Perry this way, 4% of everything they raised from individuals. Each donation came from a real person. The organization picked who got it.

  • Senate Conservatives FundA PAC founded by former senator Jim DeMint that bundles donations for conservative Senate candidates, often in Republican primaries.$536,000
  • AIPACThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee's political arm. It backs candidates of both parties it considers strong supporters of the U.S.-Israel relationship.$59,000

We can only count the organizations we have measured, so the real figure could be higher than this, never lower. Bundling is legal and widely used, and appearing here is not evidence of wrongdoing.

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.

  • Corporation6%$69,000
  • Trade association8%$106,000
  • Labor union<1%$5,000
  • Membership organization9%$115,000
  • Corporation without capital stock<1%$2,500
  • Unclassified76%$956,000

Which industries

  • Transport100% · $25,000

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

  1. 1Club for GrowthOther · Membership organizationA conservative group focused on lower taxes and smaller government. It is known for backing primary challengers against Republicans it considers insufficiently conservative.$38,000
  2. 2Freedom Caucus FundOther · Unclassified$38,000
  3. 3Scalise Leadership FundOther · Unclassified$26,000
  4. 4National Automobile Dealers AssociationTransport · Trade associationThe trade association for car and truck dealerships.$25,000
  5. 5Emmer Victory CommitteeOther · Unclassified$19,000
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  1. 6American Revival PACOther · Unclassified$16,000
  2. 7Smith VictoryOther · Unclassified$15,000
  3. 8National Association of RealtorsReal estate & construction · Membership organization$15,000
  4. 9Rejoice PACOther · Unclassified$15,000
  5. 10DavidsonOther · Unclassified$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.

Their money and their votes, side by side

For each industry that gave to Perry: the money, then the bills they voted on in that industry’s area of law. The Library of Congress assigns each bill’s subject, not us, so nothing here is picked to make a point.

This is not evidence that money bought a vote. People often donate to politicians who already agree with them. We show what was given and how Perry voted; the judgment is yours.

Transport$25,000 given

Perry voted on 8 bills in this area. The 3 most substantive are listed first.

  • H R 192On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassAmtrak Executive Bonus Disclosure Act This bill requires Amtrak to publicly disclose the annual base pay and bonus compensation paid to an Amtrak executive in a required annual report to Congress.Yes
  • S 2503On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassRotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight Reform Act or the ROTOR Act This bill addresses aviation safety by increasing requirements for aircraft tracking and communication using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology and expanding oversight.No
  • H R 7084On PassageThis bill authorizes the President to prohibit the entry of a vessel into the United States if the vessel has transited any U.S.Yes
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  • H R 7613On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedAirspace Location and Enhanced Risk Transparency Act of 2026 or the ALERT Act This bill addresses aviation safety by increasing requirements for aircraft tracking and communication using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology and expanding oversight.No
  • H R 2035On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassAmerican Cargo for American Ships Act This bill requires 100% of equipment, materials, and commodities procured, furnished, or financed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and transported on ocean vessels to be transported on U.S.-flagged commercial vessels. (Current cargo preference laws require that a minimum percentage of federally financed ocean cargo be transported on U.S.-flagged commercial vessels.No
  • H R 4275On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedCoast Guard Authorization Act of 2025No
  • H R 8897On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedImproving Travel for American Families Act This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to establish a pilot program to implement alternative security screenings for passengers traveling with children who are 12 years old and younger.Yes
  • H R 1608On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedThis bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit a report to Congress on the department's efforts to prevent, deter, and respond to vehicular terrorism (i.e., an action that utilizes automotive transportation to commit terrorism).No

We do not score these or say which way a vote favored an industry, because that would be our opinion dressed up as a finding. Each bill links to the chamber’s own roll-call record. Industries where fewer than three bills came to a vote are left out, because a handful of votes cannot show a pattern.

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. Perry has no legal control over any of it.

This is not a donation. Nobody gave this money to Perry. It was spent on advertising about Perry, and money spent against a candidate is plainly not funding them. So it never gets added to the figures above.

$15 million

has been spent for or against Perry by outside groups. $3.3 million supported Perry; $11.7 million opposed Perry.

Largest outside spenders

Summed across 6 elections, using the Commission's aggregated totals so amended filings and 24-hour notices are not double-counted.

Spent supporting

$2.3 million

Ads urging people to vote for this member. Still not their money, and they cannot direct how it is spent.

  • HOUSE FREEDOM FUND$1.2 million
  • HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION$746,000
  • AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC.(AFP ACTION)The political network founded by the Koch family, which backs candidates favoring lower taxes and less regulation.$324,000

Spent opposing

$10.4 million

Ads urging people to vote against this member. This money was spent to defeat them.

  • DCCCThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House Democrats' official campaign organization.$3.8 million
  • HOUSE MAJORITY PACA super PAC aligned with House Democratic leadership, spending to win or hold Democratic House seats.$2.6 million
  • HMP$2.5 million
  • EDF ACTION VOTES$998,000
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  • FUTURE PROGRESS$474,000

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.

ElectionRaisedFrom PACsOutside spending
2026in progress$5.2 million$650,000 13%$167,000
2024$4.5 million$548,000 12%$6.5 million
2022$3 million$239,000 8%$645,000
2020$4 million$724,000 18%$6.6 million
2018$1.5 million$538,000 36%$1.1 million
2016$677,000$370,000 55%none
2014$636,000$330,000 52%none
2012$530,000$251,000 47%$576

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.