Which super PACs did Club for Growth Action fund in 2020?

Conservative Outsider PAC ($555K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($300K), Priorities for Iowa Political Fund ($50K).

Which candidates did Club for Growth Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Bill Hagerty (Tennessee Senate, about $313K, lost); against Dane Eagle (Florida 19th District, about $149K, unknown); against Tracey Mann (Kansas 1st District, about $34K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Club for Growth Action

Company / nonprofit

7 reported gifts; 3 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Club for Growth Action gave $905K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 39% were on the winning side ($246K won, $390K lost). $179K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$905K

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

39%

$635K scored (70% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$390K

Not allocated or result unknown

$270K

$91K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $179K 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	Won / lost
Conservative Outsider PAC $38K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$555K	$6K / $352K
Congressional Leadership Fund $43K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$200K / $37K
Priorities for Iowa Political Fund $10K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$40K / $536

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Club for Growth Action's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Club for Growth Action's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Bill Hagerty	Tennessee Senate (primary)	Attacking	$313K	✗ No
Dane Eagle	Florida 19th District (primary)	Attacking	$149K	Unknown
Tracey Mann	Kansas 1st District (primary)	Attacking	$34K	✗ No
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Anthony J. Brindisi	New York 22nd District	Attacking	$12K	✓ Yes
Terry Neese	Oklahoma 5th District (primary)	Supporting	$11K	Unknown
Sri Preston Kulkarni	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$10K	✓ Yes
Max N. Rose	New York 11th District	Attacking	$9K	✓ Yes
Randy Feenstra	Iowa 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$9K	✓ Yes
Carolyn Bordeaux	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$9K	Unknown
Christy Smith	California 25th District	Attacking	$9K	✓ Yes
Xochitl Torres Small	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$8K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Club for Growth Action spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Club for Growth Action gave $905K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 39% were on the winning side ($246K won, $390K lost). $179K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Club for Growth Action fund in 2020?: Conservative Outsider PAC ($555K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($300K), Priorities for Iowa Political Fund ($50K).
Which candidates did Club for Growth Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Bill Hagerty (Tennessee Senate, about $313K, lost); against Dane Eagle (Florida 19th District, about $149K, unknown); against Tracey Mann (Kansas 1st District, about $34K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.