Donor
Yaron Minsky
IndividualProgrammer, Jane Street Capital, LLC · New York
2 gifts to 2 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.
Yaron Minsky gave $1.0M 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, 95% ended up on the winning side ($857K won, $42K lost).
Gave to outside spenders
$1.0M
100% of it helped Democrats
Ended up on the winning side
95%
$857K of the dollars in races already called
Spent on the losing side
$42K
Not spent yet
$136K
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 | How the group spent it | Won / lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unite the Country $123K not spent yet | $1.0M | $853K / $24K | |
| DSCC $13K not spent yet | $36K | $3K / $19K |
The trail
What the money bought
The candidates Yaron Minsky's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Yaron Minsky's share of each group's funding.
| Candidate | Race | Spending | Their share | Paid off? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | President (primary) | Supporting | $846K | ✓ Yes |
| Donald Trump | President (primary) | Attacking | $32K | ✗ No |
| Joni Ernst | Iowa Senate | Attacking | $7K | ✗ No |
| Thom Tilllis | North Carolina Senate | Attacking | $6K | ✗ No |
| Steve Daines | Montana Senate | Attacking | $4K | ✗ No |
| Martha McSally | Arizona Senate | Attacking | $2K | ✓ Yes |
| Susan Margaret Collins | Maine Senate | Attacking | $1K | ✗ No |
| Kelly Loeffler | Georgia Senate (special) | Attacking | $928 | ✓ Yes |
| David A. Perdue | Georgia Senate | Attacking | $928 | ✓ Yes |
| Steve Bullock | Montana Senate | Supporting | $393 | ✗ No |
| Jon Ossoff | Georgia Senate | Supporting | $30 | ✓ Yes |
| Raphael Warnock | Georgia Senate (special) | Supporting | $30 | ✓ Yes |
Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.
Questions people ask
- How much did Yaron Minsky spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?
- Yaron Minsky gave $1.0M 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, 95% ended up on the winning side ($857K won, $42K lost).
- Which super PACs did Yaron Minsky fund in 2020?
- Unite the Country ($1.0M), DSCC ($36K).
- Which candidates did Yaron Minsky's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?
- for Joe Biden (President, about $846K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $32K, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $7K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.