Which super PACs did Connie Ballmer fund in 2020?

Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund ($7.0M), House Majority PAC ($1.0M), Unite the Country ($500K), DCCC ($35K).

Which candidates did Connie Ballmer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $1.2M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $1.1M, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $836K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Connie Ballmer

Individual

Co-Founder and CEO, Ballmer Group (Microsoft fortune) · Washington

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

Mixed results

Connie Ballmer gave $8.5M 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, 56% were on the winning side ($3.3M won, $2.5M lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$8.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

56%

$5.8M scored (68% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.5M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.7M

$2.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $3K 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	Won / lost
Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund $2.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$7.0M	$2.7M / $1.8M
House Majority PAC $137K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$159K / $702K
Unite the Country $114K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$375K / $11K
DCCC $26K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$35K	$2K / $8K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$1.2M	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$1.1M	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$836K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$589K	✗ No
Karen Handel	Georgia 6th District	Attacking	$389K	✓ Yes
Troy Nehls	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$193K	✗ No
Beth Van Duyne	Texas 24th District	Attacking	$187K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$153K	✓ Yes
Rich McCormick	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$153K	✓ Yes
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$106K	✓ Yes
Tony Gonzales	Texas 23rd District	Attacking	$64K	✗ No
Wesley Hunt	Texas 7th District	Attacking	$52K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Connie Ballmer spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Connie Ballmer gave $8.5M 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, 56% were on the winning side ($3.3M won, $2.5M lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Connie Ballmer fund in 2020?: Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund ($7.0M), House Majority PAC ($1.0M), Unite the Country ($500K), DCCC ($35K).
Which candidates did Connie Ballmer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $1.2M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $1.1M, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $836K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.