Which super PACs did Amos Hostetter fund in 2020?

Unite the Country ($500K), House Majority PAC ($350K), Lcv Victory Fund ($350K), Votevets ($333K), Ab PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did Amos Hostetter's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $474K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $360K, lost); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $84K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Amos Hostetter

Individual

Chairman, Pilot House Associates (cable fortune) · Massachusetts

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

Mixed

Amos Hostetter gave $2.3M 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, 61% ended up on the winning side ($1.2M won, $733K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$2.3M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

61%

$1.2M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$733K

Not spent yet

$392K

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
Unite the Country $61K not spent yet	$500K	$427K / $12K
House Majority PAC $20K not spent yet	$350K	$61K / $268K
Lcv Victory Fund $85K not spent yet	$350K	$131K / $132K
Votevets $55K not spent yet	$333K	$152K / $85K
Ab PAC $38K not spent yet	$250K	$183K / $29K
Senate Majority PAC $23K not spent yet	$200K	$74K / $103K
Edf Action Votes $36K not spent yet	$125K	$53K / $31K
The Lincoln Project $9K not spent yet	$100K	$67K / $24K
DCCC	$36K	$6K / $30K
DSCC $13K not spent yet	$36K	$3K / $19K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$474K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$360K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$84K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$66K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$60K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$57K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$52K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$44K	✗ No
Pete Buttigieg	President (primary)	Supporting	$39K	Unknown
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate (primary)	Supporting	$38K	✓ Yes
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$29K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Amos Hostetter spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Amos Hostetter gave $2.3M 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, 61% ended up on the winning side ($1.2M won, $733K lost).
Which super PACs did Amos Hostetter fund in 2020?: Unite the Country ($500K), House Majority PAC ($350K), Lcv Victory Fund ($350K), Votevets ($333K), Ab PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did Amos Hostetter's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $474K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $360K, lost); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $84K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.