Which super PACs did Howard Cox fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($1.1M), With Honor Fund, Inc. ($100K), Republican National Committee ($36K).

Which candidates did Howard Cox's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $185K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $103K, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $53K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Howard Cox

Individual

Venture Capital, Self-Employed · Massachusetts

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

Mixed results

Howard Cox gave $1.2M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 93% 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 ($395K won, $292K lost). $16K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.2M

93% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

58%

$688K scored (58% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$292K

Not allocated or result unknown

$498K

$482K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $16K 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 $410K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.1M	$358K / $282K
With Honor Fund, Inc. $37K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$37K / $10K
Republican National Committee $35K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$0 / $277

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$185K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$103K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$53K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$43K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$38K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$35K	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$32K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$26K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$18K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Howard Cox spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Howard Cox gave $1.2M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 93% 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 ($395K won, $292K lost). $16K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Howard Cox fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($1.1M), With Honor Fund, Inc. ($100K), Republican National Committee ($36K).
Which candidates did Howard Cox's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $185K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $103K, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $53K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.