Which super PACs did Barbara Lee fund in 2020?

Ab PAC ($200K), Women Vote! ($200K), Planned Parenthood Votes ($150K), Persist PAC ($100K), DSCC ($72K).

Which candidates did Barbara Lee's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $178K, lost); for Elizabeth Warren (President, about $99K, unknown); for Joe Biden (President, about $56K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Barbara Lee

Individual

Philanthropic Activist, Self Employed · Massachusetts

60 gifts to 12 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed

Barbara Lee gave $800K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 55% ended up on the winning side ($302K won, $248K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$800K

98% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

55%

$302K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$248K

Not spent yet

$249K

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
Ab PAC $30K not spent yet	$200K	$146K / $24K
Women Vote!	$200K	$49K / $147K
Planned Parenthood Votes $82K not spent yet	$150K	$46K / $22K
Persist PAC $1K not spent yet	$100K	$0 / $0
DSCC $27K not spent yet	$72K	$7K / $38K
Naral Freedom Fund $549 not spent yet	$50K	$34K / $15K
People for the American Way $4K not spent yet	$25K	$18K / $2K
The Lincoln Project $87 not spent yet	$950	$634 / $229
Lcv Victory Fund $134 not spent yet	$550	$206 / $208
Republican National Committee $493 not spent yet	$510	$0 / $17
Giffords PAC $158 not spent yet	$360	$133 / $69
DCCC	$105	$18 / $87

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$178K	✗ No
Elizabeth Warren	President (primary)	Supporting	$99K	Unknown
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$56K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$40K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$35K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$15K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$15K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$11K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$7K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Barbara Lee spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Barbara Lee gave $800K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 55% ended up on the winning side ($302K won, $248K lost).
Which super PACs did Barbara Lee fund in 2020?: Ab PAC ($200K), Women Vote! ($200K), Planned Parenthood Votes ($150K), Persist PAC ($100K), DSCC ($72K).
Which candidates did Barbara Lee's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $178K, lost); for Elizabeth Warren (President, about $99K, unknown); for Joe Biden (President, about $56K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.