Which super PACs did Walter Buckley Jr. fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($2.5M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.9M), America First Action ($1.9M), 1820 PAC ($425K), Security Is Strength PAC ($175K).

Which candidates did Walter Buckley Jr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $1.8M, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $519K, lost); against Sara I. Gideon (Maine Senate, about $358K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Walter Buckley Jr.

Individual

Retired, Retired · Florida

24 gifts to 8 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed

Walter Buckley Jr. gave $7.1M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 49% ended up on the winning side ($2.8M won, $3.0M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$7.1M

99% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

49%

$2.8M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$3.0M

Not spent yet

$1.3M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques went

A person writing cheques 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 cheque 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 $707K not spent yet	$2.5M	$1.0M / $789K
Congressional Leadership Fund $211K not spent yet	$1.9M	$1.3M / $250K
America First Action $127K not spent yet	$1.9M	$0 / $1.8M
1820 PAC $45K not spent yet	$425K	$341K / $39K
Security Is Strength PAC $11K not spent yet	$175K	$155K / $9K
Better Future Mi Fund $11K not spent yet	$135K	$0 / $124K
Republican National Committee $34K not spent yet	$36K	$0 / $1K
NRSC $171 not spent yet	$861	$410 / $280

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$1.8M	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$519K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$358K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$287K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$226K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$214K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$150K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$121K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Supporting	$100K	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$95K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$91K	✗ No
Anthony J. Brindisi	New York 22nd District	Attacking	$79K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Walter Buckley Jr. spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Walter Buckley Jr. gave $7.1M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 49% ended up on the winning side ($2.8M won, $3.0M lost).
Which super PACs did Walter Buckley Jr. fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($2.5M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.9M), America First Action ($1.9M), 1820 PAC ($425K), Security Is Strength PAC ($175K).
Which candidates did Walter Buckley Jr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $1.8M, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $519K, lost); against Sara I. Gideon (Maine Senate, about $358K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.