Which super PACs did Garrett Moran fund in 2020?

Reason to Believe PAC ($2.0M), Ab PAC ($300K), DSCC ($2K), Moveon.Org Political Action ($91).

Which candidates did Garrett Moran's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Deval Patrick (President, about $1.7M, unknown); against Donald Trump (President, about $219K, lost); against Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $21K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Garrett Moran

Individual

Retired, Retired · Connecticut

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

Winner

Garrett Moran 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, 86% ended up on the winning side ($220K won, $37K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$2.3M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

86%

$220K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$37K

Not spent yet

$2.0M

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
Reason to Believe PAC $283K not spent yet	$2.0M	$0 / $0
Ab PAC $45K not spent yet	$300K	$220K / $35K
DSCC $914 not spent yet	$2K	$236 / $1K
Moveon.Org Political Action $22 not spent yet	$91	$49 / $20

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Deval Patrick	President (primary)	Supporting	$1.7M	Unknown
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$219K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$21K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$455	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$395	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$301	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$189	✓ Yes
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$108	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$77	✗ No
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$27	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$11	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Garrett Moran spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Garrett Moran 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, 86% ended up on the winning side ($220K won, $37K lost).
Which super PACs did Garrett Moran fund in 2020?: Reason to Believe PAC ($2.0M), Ab PAC ($300K), DSCC ($2K), Moveon.Org Political Action ($91).
Which candidates did Garrett Moran's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Deval Patrick (President, about $1.7M, unknown); against Donald Trump (President, about $219K, lost); against Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $21K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.