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Gregory Jensen

Individual

Co-Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates · Connecticut

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

Backed winners

Gregory Jensen gave $1.0M 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, 89% were on the winning side ($685K won, $83K lost). $23 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

89%

$767K scored (77% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$83K

Not allocated or result unknown

$233K

$233K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $23 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
GroupGaveHow the group spent itWon / lost
Future Forward (FF PAC)

$233K not allocated to tracked outside spending

$1.0M
$685K / $83K
Justice Democrats PAC

$130 not allocated to tracked outside spending

$200
$29 / $19

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Gregory Jensen's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Gregory Jensen's share of each group's funding.
CandidateRaceSpendingTheir sharePaid off?
Joe BidenPresidentSupporting$407K✓ Yes
Donald TrumpPresidentAttacking$274K✓ Yes
Mary HegarTexas SenateSupporting$37K✗ No
John CornynTexas SenateAttacking$37K✗ No
Susan Margaret CollinsMaine SenateAttacking$5K✗ No
David A. PerdueGeorgia SenateAttacking$4K✓ Yes
Donald TrumpPresident (primary)Attacking$4K✗ No
Jamaal BowmanNew York 16th District (primary)Supporting$19✓ Yes
Alex MorseMassachusetts 1st District (primary)Supporting$14Unknown
Kara EastmanNebraska 2nd DistrictSupporting$10✗ No
Eliot L. EngelNew York 16th District (primary)Attacking$9Unknown
Richard E. NealMassachusetts 1st District (primary)Attacking$8✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Gregory Jensen spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?
Gregory Jensen gave $1.0M 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, 89% were on the winning side ($685K won, $83K lost). $23 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Gregory Jensen fund in 2020?
Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Justice Democrats PAC ($200).
Which candidates did Gregory Jensen's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?
for Joe Biden (President, about $407K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $274K, won); for Mary Hegar (Texas Senate, about $37K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.