Which super PACs did Erica Lawson fund in 2020?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($3.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did Erica Lawson's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $1.2M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $821K, won); against John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $117K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Erica Lawson

Individual

Physician, University of California, San Francisc · California

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

Backed winners

Erica Lawson gave $3.3M 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, 86% were on the winning side ($2.1M won, $338K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.3M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

86%

$2.5M scored (76% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$338K

Not allocated or result unknown

$794K

$794K 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
Future Forward (FF PAC) $698K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M		$2.1M / $248K
Senate Majority PAC $96K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K		$64K / $90K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$1.2M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$821K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$117K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$112K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$11K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$11K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$10K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Erica Lawson spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Erica Lawson gave $3.3M 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, 86% were on the winning side ($2.1M won, $338K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Erica Lawson fund in 2020?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($3.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did Erica Lawson's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $1.2M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $821K, won); against John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $117K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.