Which candidates did Edythe Broad's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $398K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $292K, won); against Steve Daines (Montana Senate, about $173K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Edythe Broad

Individual

Co-Founder, The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation · California

5 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Edythe Broad gave $2.5M 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, 50% were on the winning side ($854K won, $861K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

50%

$1.7M scored (69% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$861K

Not allocated or result unknown

$785K

$774K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $11K 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
Lcv Victory Fund $774K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.5M		$854K / $861K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$398K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$292K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$173K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$154K	✗ No
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$77K	✗ No
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$62K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$61K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$46K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$36K	✗ No
Dan Sullivan	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Carlos Gimenez	Florida 26th District	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$30K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Edythe Broad spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Edythe Broad gave $2.5M 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, 50% were on the winning side ($854K won, $861K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Edythe Broad fund in 2020?: Lcv Victory Fund ($2.5M).
Which candidates did Edythe Broad's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $398K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $292K, won); against Steve Daines (Montana Senate, about $173K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.