Donor
Kenneth Duda
IndividualChief Technology Officer, Arista Network · California
5 gifts to 2 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.
Kenneth Duda gave $4.0M 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, 82% ended up on the winning side ($2.9M won, $630K lost).
Gave to outside spenders
$4.0M
100% of it helped Democrats
Ended up on the winning side
82%
$2.9M of the dollars in races already called
Spent on the losing side
$630K
Not spent yet
$556K
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.
The trail
What the money bought
The candidates Kenneth Duda's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Kenneth Duda's share of each group's funding.
| Candidate | Race | Spending | Their share | Paid off? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Trump | President (primary) | Attacking | $2.7M | ✗ No |
| Joe Biden | President | Supporting | $535K | ✓ Yes |
| Kelly Loeffler | Georgia Senate (special) | Attacking | $145K | ✓ Yes |
| David A. Perdue | Georgia Senate | Attacking | $101K | ✓ Yes |
| Gary Peters | Michigan Senate | Supporting | $790 | ✓ Yes |
| Elissa Slotkin | Michigan 8th District | Supporting | $790 | ✓ Yes |
| Eugenio DePasquale | Pennsylvania 10th District | Supporting | $651 | ✗ No |
| Jon Hoadley | Michigan 6th District | Supporting | $570 | ✗ No |
| Mark Kelly | Arizona Senate | Supporting | $547 | ✓ Yes |
| Jon Ossoff | Georgia Senate | Supporting | $443 | ✓ Yes |
| Raphael Warnock | Georgia Senate (special) | Supporting | $443 | ✓ Yes |
| Ron Kind | Wisconsin 3rd District | Supporting | $277 | ✓ Yes |
Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.
Questions people ask
- How much did Kenneth Duda spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?
- Kenneth Duda gave $4.0M 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, 82% ended up on the winning side ($2.9M won, $630K lost).
- Which super PACs did Kenneth Duda fund in 2020?
- Ab PAC ($2.0M), Pacronym ($2.0M).
- Which candidates did Kenneth Duda's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?
- against Donald Trump (President, about $2.7M, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $535K, won); against Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $145K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.