Which super PACs did John Fish fund in 2020?

Senate Majority PAC ($1.1M), Reason to Believe PAC ($100K), Unite the Country ($100K), New Leadership PAC ($50K), DCCC ($25K).

Which candidates did John Fish's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against John James (Michigan Senate, about $146K, lost); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $145K, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $143K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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John Fish

Individual

Chairman & CEO, Suffolk Construction Co., Inc. · Massachusetts

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

Mixed

John Fish gave $1.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 47% ended up on the winning side ($525K won, $600K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$1.4M

97% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

47%

$525K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$600K

Not spent yet

$283K

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 Majority PAC $127K not spent yet	$1.1M	$404K / $568K
Reason to Believe PAC $14K not spent yet	$100K	$0 / $0
Unite the Country $12K not spent yet	$100K	$85K / $2K
New Leadership PAC	$50K	$0 / $8K
DCCC	$25K	$4K / $21K
Texans for a Conservative Majority	$25K	$25K / $0
American Working Families	$5K	$5K / $0
Republican National Committee $1K not spent yet	$1K	$0 / $43
NRCC $35 not spent yet	$765	$644 / $58

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John James	Michigan Senate (primary)	Attacking	$146K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$145K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$143K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$133K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$116K	✗ No
Deval Patrick	President (primary)	Supporting	$86K	Unknown
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$85K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$71K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$63K	✓ Yes
Joseph Kennedy	Massachusetts Senate (primary)	Supporting	$42K	Unknown
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$36K	✗ No
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$33K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did John Fish spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: John Fish gave $1.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 47% ended up on the winning side ($525K won, $600K lost).
Which super PACs did John Fish fund in 2020?: Senate Majority PAC ($1.1M), Reason to Believe PAC ($100K), Unite the Country ($100K), New Leadership PAC ($50K), DCCC ($25K).
Which candidates did John Fish's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against John James (Michigan Senate, about $146K, lost); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $145K, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $143K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.