Donor

American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees

Company / nonprofit

8 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 33% were on the winning side ($434K won, $882K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

33%

$1.3M scored (82% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$882K

Not allocated or result unknown

$284K

$281K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $3K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. Each gift is split the way the group that received it split its spending between winners and losers, so a $10M check to a group that spent 80% on losers counts as $8M on the losing side.

✓ Backed the winner or attacked the loser ✗ Backed the loser or attacked the winner Result not matched

Group	Gave	How the group spent it	Won / lost
House Majority PAC $164K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.2M		$190K / $842K
Ab PAC $117K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400K		$244K / $39K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$215K	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$55K	✗ No
Jeff Van Drew	New Jersey 2nd District	Attacking	$40K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$39K	✗ No
Michelle Fischbach	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 25th District	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Nicole Malliotakis	New York 11th District	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Troy Nehls	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$32K	✗ No
Burgess Owens	Utah 4th District	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Iowa 2nd District	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Rich McCormick	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Rodney Davis	Illinois 13th District	Attacking	$26K	✗ No

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 33% were on the winning side ($434K won, $882K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees fund in 2020?: House Majority PAC ($1.2M), Ab PAC ($400K).
Which candidates did American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $215K, won); against Michelle Steel (California 48th District, about $55K, lost); against Jeff Van Drew (New Jersey 2nd District, about $40K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.