Which super PACs did Dennis Eck fund in 2020?

Women Vote! ($775K), Ab PAC ($250K), Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund ($20K), DSCC ($5K), Voter Protection Project ($1K).

Which candidates did Dennis Eck's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $182K, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $114K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $91K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Dennis Eck

Individual

Retailer, Eck Family, LLC · California

10 gifts to 5 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed

Dennis Eck gave $1.1M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 95% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 38% ended up on the winning side ($376K won, $620K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$1.1M

95% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

38%

$376K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$620K

Not spent yet

$56K

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
Women Vote!	$775K	$192K / $569K
Ab PAC $38K not spent yet	$250K	$183K / $29K
Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund $993 not spent yet	$20K	$0 / $19K
DSCC $2K not spent yet	$5K	$491 / $3K
Voter Protection Project $619 not spent yet	$1K	$471 / $98

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$182K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$114K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$91K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$84K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$56K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$28K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$21K	✗ No
Yvette Herrell	New Mexico 2nd District (primary)	Attacking	$20K	✗ No
Michael Franken	Iowa Senate (primary)	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes
Ann Wagner	Missouri 2nd District	Attacking	$19K	✗ No
Richard Hudson	North Carolina 8th District	Attacking	$18K	✗ No
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$18K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Dennis Eck spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Dennis Eck gave $1.1M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 95% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 38% ended up on the winning side ($376K won, $620K lost).
Which super PACs did Dennis Eck fund in 2020?: Women Vote! ($775K), Ab PAC ($250K), Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund ($20K), DSCC ($5K), Voter Protection Project ($1K).
Which candidates did Dennis Eck's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $182K, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $114K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $91K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.