Which super PACs did Elizebeth Simons fund in 2020?

Community Change Voters ($1.1M).

Which candidates did Elizebeth Simons's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $264K, won); for Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $42K, lost); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $34K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Elizebeth Simons

Individual

Retired · California

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

Backed winners

Elizebeth Simons 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, 88% were on the winning side ($305K won, $42K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.1M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

88%

$348K scored (32% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$42K

Not allocated or result unknown

$752K

$752K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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
Community Change Voters $752K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.1M		$305K / $42K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$264K	✓ Yes
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$42K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$34K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$8K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Elizebeth Simons spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Elizebeth Simons 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, 88% were on the winning side ($305K won, $42K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Elizebeth Simons fund in 2020?: Community Change Voters ($1.1M).
Which candidates did Elizebeth Simons's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $264K, won); for Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $42K, lost); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $34K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.