Which super PACs did Donald Friese Sr. fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K), NRSC ($15K), Freedomworks for America ($5K).

Which candidates did Donald Friese Sr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $209K, lost); against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $204K, won); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $116K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Donald Friese Sr.

Individual

Chairman and CEO, Friese Family Office · California

5 gifts to 4 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Donald Friese Sr. gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 65% ended up on the winning side ($631K won, $336K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$1.3M

98% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

65%

$631K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$336K

Not spent yet

$303K

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 $283K not spent yet	$1.0M	$402K / $316K
Security Is Strength PAC $15K not spent yet	$250K	$221K / $13K
NRSC $3K not spent yet	$15K	$7K / $5K
Freedomworks for America $1K not spent yet	$5K	$872 / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$209K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$204K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$116K	✓ Yes
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$70K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$61K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$50K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$44K	✗ No
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$39K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$37K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate (primary)	Supporting	$30K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$21K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Donald Friese Sr. spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Donald Friese Sr. gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 65% ended up on the winning side ($631K won, $336K lost).
Which super PACs did Donald Friese Sr. fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K), NRSC ($15K), Freedomworks for America ($5K).
Which candidates did Donald Friese Sr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $209K, lost); against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $204K, won); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $116K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.