Which super PACs did Bernard Schwartz fund in 2020?

House Majority PAC ($1.4M), Ab PAC ($850K), Senate Majority PAC ($600K), Unite the Country ($300K), Priorities USA Action ($224K).

Which candidates did Bernard Schwartz's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $744K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $348K, won); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $114K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Bernard Schwartz

Individual

Chairman & CEO, Bls Investments, LLC · New York

23 gifts to 7 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed

Bernard Schwartz gave $3.4M 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, 50% ended up on the winning side ($1.5M won, $1.5M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$3.4M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

50%

$1.5M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$1.5M

Not spent yet

$322K

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
House Majority PAC $80K not spent yet	$1.4M	$240K / $1.1M
Ab PAC $128K not spent yet	$850K	$622K / $100K
Senate Majority PAC $70K not spent yet	$600K	$221K / $310K
Unite the Country $37K not spent yet	$300K	$256K / $7K
Priorities USA Action $264 not spent yet	$224K	$190K / $34K
DCCC	$36K	$6K / $30K
Our Future United $2K not spent yet	$10K	$2K / $5K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$744K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$348K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$114K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$84K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate (primary)	Attacking	$79K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$78K	✗ No
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$71K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$68K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$61K	✓ Yes
Jeff Van Drew	New Jersey 2nd District	Attacking	$50K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 25th District	Attacking	$45K	✗ No
Michelle Fischbach	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$44K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Bernard Schwartz spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Bernard Schwartz gave $3.4M 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, 50% ended up on the winning side ($1.5M won, $1.5M lost).
Which super PACs did Bernard Schwartz fund in 2020?: House Majority PAC ($1.4M), Ab PAC ($850K), Senate Majority PAC ($600K), Unite the Country ($300K), Priorities USA Action ($224K).
Which candidates did Bernard Schwartz's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $744K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $348K, won); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $114K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.