Which super PACs did John Joe Ricketts fund in 2020?

America First Action ($2.0M), Freedomworks for America ($20K), Senate Conservatives Fund ($1K), NRCC ($700).

Which candidates did John Joe Ricketts's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $1.9M, lost); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $4K, lost); for Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $4K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

John Joe Ricketts

Individual

Businessman and Philanthropist, Self-Employed · Wyoming

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

Loser

John Joe Ricketts gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 0% ended up on the winning side ($5K won, $1.9M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

$5K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$1.9M

Not spent yet

$140K

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
America First Action $134K not spent yet	$2.0M	$0 / $1.9M
Freedomworks for America $6K not spent yet	$20K	$3K / $11K
Senate Conservatives Fund	$1K	$440 / $442
NRCC $32 not spent yet	$700	$589 / $53

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$1.9M	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$4K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$4K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$1K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$1K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Supporting	$823	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$413	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$403	✓ Yes
David Schweikert	Arizona 6th District	Supporting	$219	✓ Yes
Yvette Herrell	New Mexico 2nd District	Supporting	$191	✓ Yes
Jeanne Ives	Illinois 6th District (primary)	Supporting	$188	✓ Yes
Thomas Massie	Kentucky 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$186	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did John Joe Ricketts spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: John Joe Ricketts gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 0% ended up on the winning side ($5K won, $1.9M lost).
Which super PACs did John Joe Ricketts fund in 2020?: America First Action ($2.0M), Freedomworks for America ($20K), Senate Conservatives Fund ($1K), NRCC ($700).
Which candidates did John Joe Ricketts's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $1.9M, lost); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $4K, lost); for Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $4K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.