Which super PACs did Geoff Palmer fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($2.0M).

Which candidates did Geoff Palmer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $353K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $195K, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $102K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Geoff Palmer

Individual

Real Estate Developer, Self-Employed · California

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

Mixed results

Geoff Palmer gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 56% were on the winning side ($682K won, $536K lost). $617 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

97% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

56%

$1.2M scored (61% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$536K

Not allocated or result unknown

$781K

$781K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $617 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
Senate Leadership Fund $781K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M		$682K / $536K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$353K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$195K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$102K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$82K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$73K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$68K	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$65K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$62K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$52K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$50K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$30K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Geoff Palmer spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Geoff Palmer gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 56% were on the winning side ($682K won, $536K lost). $617 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Geoff Palmer fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($2.0M).
Which candidates did Geoff Palmer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $353K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $195K, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $102K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.