Which super PACs did Dennis Eck fund in 2020?

Women Vote! ($775K), Ab PAC ($250K), Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund ($20K), DSCC ($5K), Voter Protection Project ($1K).

Which candidates did Dennis Eck's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $127K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $89K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $71K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Dennis Eck

Individual

Retailer, Eck Family, LLC · California

10 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Dennis Eck gave $1.1M 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, 35% were on the winning side ($269K won, $490K lost). $45K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.1M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

35%

$759K scored (72% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$490K

Not allocated or result unknown

$292K

$247K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $45K 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
Women Vote! $168K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$775K	$117K / $445K
Ab PAC $73K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$152K / $25K
Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund $1K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$20K	$0 / $19K
DSCC $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K	$233 / $1K
Voter Protection Project $965 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$151 / $44

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$127K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$89K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$71K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$65K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$44K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$25K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$22K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$17K	✗ No
Michael Franken	Iowa Senate (primary)	Attacking	$15K	Unknown
Yvette Herrell	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$15K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes
Ann Wagner	Missouri 2nd District	Attacking	$15K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Dennis Eck spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Dennis Eck gave $1.1M 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, 35% were on the winning side ($269K won, $490K lost). $45K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Dennis Eck fund in 2020?: Women Vote! ($775K), Ab PAC ($250K), Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund ($20K), DSCC ($5K), Voter Protection Project ($1K).
Which candidates did Dennis Eck's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $127K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $89K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $71K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.