Which super PACs did James Rupert Murdoch fund in 2020?

Change Now ($500K), Unite the Country ($300K), America's Progressive Promise PAC ($120K), Black PAC ($60K), DCCC ($2K).

Which candidates did James Rupert Murdoch's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $185K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $160K, won); against Martha McSally (Arizona Senate, about $106K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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James Rupert Murdoch

Individual

Chief Executive Officer, Lupa Systems LLC · New York

20 reported gifts; 6 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

James Rupert Murdoch gave $982K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 73% were on the winning side ($561K won, $209K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$982K

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

73%

$770K scored (78% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$209K

Not allocated or result unknown

$212K

$212K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A person writing checks 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 check 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
Change Now $28K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$279K / $193K
Unite the Country $68K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$225K / $6K
America's Progressive Promise PAC $98K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$120K	$16K / $6K
Black PAC $16K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$60K	$40K / $3K
DCCC $1K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2K	$85 / $419
DSCC $141 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200	$9 / $50

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$185K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$160K	✓ Yes
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$106K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$92K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$82K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$67K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$45K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$7K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$6K	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$6K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$4K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$3K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did James Rupert Murdoch spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: James Rupert Murdoch gave $982K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 73% were on the winning side ($561K won, $209K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did James Rupert Murdoch fund in 2020?: Change Now ($500K), Unite the Country ($300K), America's Progressive Promise PAC ($120K), Black PAC ($60K), DCCC ($2K).
Which candidates did James Rupert Murdoch's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $185K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $160K, won); against Martha McSally (Arizona Senate, about $106K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.