Which candidates did Environmental Defense Action Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $1.1M, won); against Steve Daines (Montana Senate, about $627K, lost); against Martha McSally (Arizona Senate, about $397K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Environmental Defense Action Fund

Company / nonprofit

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

Mixed results

Environmental Defense Action Fund gave $6.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% 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, 63% were on the winning side ($2.4M won, $1.4M lost). $286K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$6.0M

97% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

63%

$3.8M scored (64% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.4M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.2M

$1.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $286K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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
Edf Action Votes $1.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$6.0M		$2.4M / $1.4M

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Environmental Defense Action Fund's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Environmental Defense Action Fund's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$1.1M	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$627K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$397K	✓ Yes
Daniel Mccready	North Carolina 9th District	Supporting	$269K	Unknown
Nick J. Freitas	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$262K	✓ Yes
Yvette Herrell	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$240K	✗ No
Scott Perry	Pennsylvania 10th District	Attacking	$159K	✗ No
David Young	Iowa 3rd District	Attacking	$147K	✓ Yes
Nancy Mace	South Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$145K	✗ No
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$128K	✗ No
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$113K	✗ No
Wesley Hunt	Texas 7th District	Attacking	$112K	✓ Yes

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Environmental Defense Action Fund spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Environmental Defense Action Fund gave $6.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% 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, 63% were on the winning side ($2.4M won, $1.4M lost). $286K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Environmental Defense Action Fund fund in 2020?: Edf Action Votes ($6.0M).
Which candidates did Environmental Defense Action Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $1.1M, won); against Steve Daines (Montana Senate, about $627K, lost); against Martha McSally (Arizona Senate, about $397K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.