Which super PACs did Helen O'neill Schwab fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($5.8M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K), Republican National Committee ($36K).

Which candidates did Helen O'neill Schwab's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $1.0M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $562K, won); against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $341K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Helen O'neill Schwab

Individual

Investor, Self-Employed · California

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

Mixed results

Helen O'neill Schwab gave $6.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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, 58% were on the winning side ($2.2M won, $1.6M lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$6.0M

98% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

58%

$3.7M scored (62% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.6M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.3M

$2.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $2K 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
Senate Leadership Fund $2.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.8M	$2.0M / $1.5M
Security Is Strength PAC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$215K / $13K
Republican National Committee $35K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$0 / $277

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Helen O'neill Schwab's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Helen O'neill Schwab's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$1.0M	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$562K	✓ Yes
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$341K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$293K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$236K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$209K	✗ No
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$186K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$177K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$149K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$145K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$96K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$87K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Helen O'neill Schwab spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Helen O'neill Schwab gave $6.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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, 58% were on the winning side ($2.2M won, $1.6M lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Helen O'neill Schwab fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($5.8M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K), Republican National Committee ($36K).
Which candidates did Helen O'neill Schwab's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $1.0M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $562K, won); against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $341K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.