Which super PACs did California Nurses Association fund in 2020?

Vote Nurses Values Political Action Committee: California Nurses Association ($3.5M), Be a Hero PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did California Nurses Association's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Bernie Sanders (President, about $362K, unknown); for Joe Biden (President, about $134K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $12K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

California Nurses Association

Company / nonprofit

California

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

Limited result coverage

California Nurses Association gave $3.8M 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, 91% were on the winning side ($176K won, $16K lost). $367K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.8M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

91%

$193K scored (5% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$16K

Not allocated or result unknown

$3.6M

$3.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $367K 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
Vote Nurses Values Political Action Committee: California Nurses Association $3.0M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.5M		$128K / $0
Be a Hero PAC $185K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K		$48K / $16K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Bernie Sanders	President (primary)	Supporting	$362K	Unknown
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$134K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$12K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$12K	✓ Yes
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$5K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$5K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$5K	✗ No
Jessica Cisneros	Texas at-large House seat (primary)	Supporting	$5K	Unknown
Marie Newman	Illinois 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$5K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$5K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$3K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate (primary)	Attacking	$2K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did California Nurses Association spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: California Nurses Association gave $3.8M 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, 91% were on the winning side ($176K won, $16K lost). $367K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did California Nurses Association fund in 2020?: Vote Nurses Values Political Action Committee: California Nurses Association ($3.5M), Be a Hero PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did California Nurses Association's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Bernie Sanders (President, about $362K, unknown); for Joe Biden (President, about $134K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $12K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.