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Bernie Marcus

Individual

Philanthropist, Home Depot co-founder · Georgia

18 reported gifts; 10 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Attribution unavailable

Bernie Marcus gave $20M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.

Historical gift amounts are retained from the earlier snapshot. Outcome and party estimates are unavailable until the underlying donor records are rebuilt and checked.

Gave to outside spenders

$20M

Winning share of scored dollars

–

$0 scored (0% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$0

Not allocated or result unknown

$20M

$0 not allocated to tracked outside spending; $20M has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

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
GroupGaveHow the group spent itWon / lost
Preserve America PAC$10M
$0 / $0
Senate Leadership Fund$5.8M
$0 / $0
Congressional Leadership Fund$2.3M
$0 / $0
Georgia Action Fund$500K
$0 / $0
Georgia United Victory$500K
$0 / $0
Better Future Mi Fund$400K
$0 / $0
1820 PAC$250K
$0 / $0
American Principles Project PAC$100K
$0 / $0
House Freedom Action$100K
$0 / $0
Republican National Committee$36K
$0 / $0

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

Questions people ask

How much did Bernie Marcus spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?
Bernie Marcus gave $20M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.
Which super PACs did Bernie Marcus fund in 2020?
Preserve America PAC ($10M), Senate Leadership Fund ($5.8M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($2.3M), Georgia Action Fund ($500K), Georgia United Victory ($500K).