Which super PACs did Virginia James fund in 2020?

Club for Growth Action ($4.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), Women Speak Out PAC ($700K), Progressive Turnout Project ($297).

Which candidates did Virginia James's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $755K, lost); against Wendy R. Davis (Texas 21st District, about $384K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $369K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Virginia James

Individual

Retired, N.a. · New Jersey

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

Mixed

Virginia James gave $5.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 88% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 49% ended up on the winning side ($2.5M won, $2.5M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$5.5M

88% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

49%

$2.5M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$2.5M

Not spent yet

$482K

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
Club for Growth Action $92K not spent yet	$4.0M	$1.9M / $1.7M
Americans for Prosperity Action $48K not spent yet	$750K	$400K / $299K
Women Speak Out PAC $68K not spent yet	$700K	$119K / $504K
Progressive Turnout Project $248 not spent yet	$297	$42 / $7

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$755K	✗ No
Wendy R. Davis	Texas 21st District	Attacking	$384K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$369K	✗ No
Abigail A. Spanberger	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$209K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$194K	✗ No
Kathleen Williams	Montana at-large House seat	Attacking	$180K	✓ Yes
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$173K	✗ No
Diane E. Mitsch Bush	Colorado 3rd District	Attacking	$150K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$140K	✓ Yes
Hiral Tipirneni	Arizona 6th District	Attacking	$138K	✓ Yes
Christina Hale	Indiana 5th District	Attacking	$133K	✓ Yes
Byron Donalds	Florida 19th District (primary)	Supporting	$109K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Virginia James spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Virginia James gave $5.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 88% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 49% ended up on the winning side ($2.5M won, $2.5M lost).
Which super PACs did Virginia James fund in 2020?: Club for Growth Action ($4.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), Women Speak Out PAC ($700K), Progressive Turnout Project ($297).
Which candidates did Virginia James's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $755K, lost); against Wendy R. Davis (Texas 21st District, about $384K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $369K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.