Which super PACs did Donald Friese Sr. fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K), NRSC ($15K), Freedomworks for America ($5K).

Which candidates did Donald Friese Sr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $180K, won); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $177K, 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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Donald Friese Sr.

Individual

Chairman and CEO, Friese Family Office · California

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

Backed winners

Donald Friese Sr. gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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, 66% were on the winning side ($560K won, $285K lost). $331 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.3M

98% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

66%

$845K scored (67% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$285K

Not allocated or result unknown

$425K

$425K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $331 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
Senate Leadership Fund $390K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$341K / $268K
Security Is Strength PAC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$215K / $13K
NRSC $10K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$15K	$3K / $2K
Freedomworks for America $2K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K	$648 / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$180K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$177K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$98K	✓ Yes
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$68K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$51K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$42K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$37K	✗ No
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$33K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$17K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Donald Friese Sr. spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Donald Friese Sr. gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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, 66% were on the winning side ($560K won, $285K lost). $331 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Donald Friese Sr. fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K), NRSC ($15K), Freedomworks for America ($5K).
Which candidates did Donald Friese Sr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $180K, won); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $177K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $98K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.