Which candidates did Association National Education's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $502K, lost); against John James (Michigan Senate, about $290K, won); for Joyce Elliott (Arkansas 2nd District, about $78K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Association National Education

Individual

Not Applicable, Nea · DC

2 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Association National Education gave $5.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% 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 ($345K won, $697K lost). $60K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.0M

99% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

33%

$1.0M scored (21% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$697K

Not allocated or result unknown

$4.0M

$3.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $60K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A person writing checks from their own fortune. 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
Nea Advocacy Fund $3.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M		$345K / $697K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Association National Education's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Association National Education's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$502K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$290K	✓ Yes
Joyce Elliott	Arkansas 2nd District	Supporting	$78K	✗ No
Andrew R. Garbarino	New York 2nd District	Attacking	$66K	✗ No
Yvette Harrell	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$60K	Unknown
Karen Handel	Georgia 6th District	Attacking	$25K	✓ Yes
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Iowa 2nd District	Attacking	$19K	✗ No
Jackie Gordon	New York 2nd District	Supporting	$17K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$12K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$11K	✓ Yes
Rita R. Hart	Iowa 2nd District	Supporting	$8K	✗ No
Karen Handel	Georgia 6th District	Supporting	$6K	✗ No

Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Association National Education spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Association National Education gave $5.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% 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 ($345K won, $697K lost). $60K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Association National Education fund in 2020?: Nea Advocacy Fund ($5.0M).
Which candidates did Association National Education's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $502K, lost); against John James (Michigan Senate, about $290K, won); for Joyce Elliott (Arkansas 2nd District, about $78K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.