Which super PACs did Ronald Conway fund in 2020?

Giffords PAC ($500K), Tech for Campaigns ($500K), Unite the Country ($250K), People for the American Way ($189K), Be a Hero PAC ($125K).

Which candidates did Ronald Conway's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $408K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $403K, won); against Cory Gardner (Colorado Senate, about $187K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Ronald Conway

Individual

Investor, Sv Angel LLC · California

16 gifts to 9 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Ronald Conway gave $1.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 87% ended up on the winning side ($1.0M won, $159K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$1.8M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

87%

$1.0M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$159K

Not spent yet

$634K

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
Giffords PAC $219K not spent yet	$500K	$185K / $96K
Tech for Campaigns $225K not spent yet	$500K	$275K / $0
Unite the Country $31K not spent yet	$250K	$213K / $6K
People for the American Way $28K not spent yet	$189K	$139K / $18K
Be a Hero PAC $90K not spent yet	$125K	$26K / $9K
Republican Voters Against Trump Inc	$125K	$125K / $0
Future Forward (FF PAC) $23K not spent yet	$100K	$69K / $8K
DSCC $13K not spent yet	$35K	$3K / $18K
The Lincoln Project $918 not spent yet	$10K	$7K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$408K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$403K	✓ Yes
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$187K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$82K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$24K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$18K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$15K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$9K	✗ No
Doug Jones	Alabama Senate	Supporting	$8K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$6K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$6K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$4K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Ronald Conway spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Ronald Conway gave $1.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 87% ended up on the winning side ($1.0M won, $159K lost).
Which super PACs did Ronald Conway fund in 2020?: Giffords PAC ($500K), Tech for Campaigns ($500K), Unite the Country ($250K), People for the American Way ($189K), Be a Hero PAC ($125K).
Which candidates did Ronald Conway's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $408K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $403K, won); against Cory Gardner (Colorado Senate, about $187K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.