Which super PACs did D Andrew Beal fund in 2020?

America First Action ($1.0M), Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M).

Which candidates did D Andrew Beal's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $843K, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $176K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $98K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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D Andrew Beal

Individual

Banker, Beal Bank · Texas

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

Backed losers

D Andrew Beal gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% 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, 23% were on the winning side ($341K won, $1.1M lost). $308 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

23%

$1.5M scored (74% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.1M

Not allocated or result unknown

$514K

$514K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $308 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
America First Action $124K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$0 / $876K
Senate Leadership Fund $390K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$341K / $268K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$843K	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$176K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$98K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$51K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$41K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$36K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$34K	✗ No
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did D Andrew Beal spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: D Andrew Beal gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% 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, 23% were on the winning side ($341K won, $1.1M lost). $308 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did D Andrew Beal fund in 2020?: America First Action ($1.0M), Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M).
Which candidates did D Andrew Beal's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $843K, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $176K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $98K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.