Which super PACs did Eric Schmidt fund in 2020?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($1.6M), DSCC ($36K), NRSC ($360), NRCC ($260).

Which candidates did Eric Schmidt's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $1.0M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $693K, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $151K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Eric Schmidt

Individual

Technical Advisor, Alphabet Inc. · California

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

Backed winners

Eric Schmidt gave $4.2M 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, 73% were on the winning side ($2.1M won, $797K lost). $3 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$4.2M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

73%

$2.9M scored (71% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$797K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.2M

$1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $3 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
Future Forward (FF PAC) $589K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.5M	$1.7M / $209K
Senate Majority PAC $617K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.6M	$412K / $579K
DSCC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $9K
NRSC $234 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$360	$75 / $51
NRCC $189 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$260	$62 / $6

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$1.0M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$693K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$151K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$149K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$145K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$131K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$126K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$120K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$96K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$71K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$64K	✓ Yes
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Eric Schmidt spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Eric Schmidt gave $4.2M 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, 73% were on the winning side ($2.1M won, $797K lost). $3 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Eric Schmidt fund in 2020?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($1.6M), DSCC ($36K), NRSC ($360), NRCC ($260).
Which candidates did Eric Schmidt's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $1.0M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $693K, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $151K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.