Which super PACs did Donald Sussman fund in 2020?

Priorities USA Action ($8.0M), Women Vote! ($4.1M), Pacronym ($1.0M), DCCC ($36K).

Which candidates did Donald Sussman's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $3.9M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $3.5M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $542K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donald Sussman

Individual

President, Paloma Partners · New York

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

Backed winners

Donald Sussman gave $13M 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, 68% were on the winning side ($7.9M won, $3.7M lost). $237K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$13M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

68%

$12M scored (89% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$3.7M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.5M

$1.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $237K 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
Priorities USA Action $80K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$8.0M	$6.7M / $1.2M
Women Vote! $890K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4.1M	$618K / $2.4M
Pacronym $257K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$578K / $165K
DCCC $26K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $8K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$3.9M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$3.5M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$542K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$535K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$445K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$343K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$234K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$185K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$150K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$136K	✓ Yes
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$115K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$87K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Donald Sussman spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Donald Sussman gave $13M 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, 68% were on the winning side ($7.9M won, $3.7M lost). $237K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Donald Sussman fund in 2020?: Priorities USA Action ($8.0M), Women Vote! ($4.1M), Pacronym ($1.0M), DCCC ($36K).
Which candidates did Donald Sussman's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $3.9M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $3.5M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $542K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.