Which candidates did Jan Duncan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $743K, lost); for Donald Trump (President, about $592K, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $267K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

← All donors

Donor

Jan Duncan

Individual

Retired, Retired · Texas

4 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Jan Duncan gave $4.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 19% were on the winning side ($639K won, $2.7M lost). $55K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$4.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

19%

$3.4M scored (85% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.7M

Not allocated or result unknown

$616K

$561K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $55K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Women Speak Out PAC $561K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4.0M		$639K / $2.7M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$743K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$592K	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$267K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$266K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$212K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$211K	✗ No
Sri Preston Kulkarni	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$102K	✓ Yes
Candace Valenzuela	Texas 24th District	Attacking	$94K	✓ Yes
Lizzie Fletcher	Texas 7th District	Attacking	$89K	✗ No
Wendy R. Davis	Texas 21st District	Attacking	$79K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$63K	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$63K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Jan Duncan spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Jan Duncan gave $4.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 19% were on the winning side ($639K won, $2.7M lost). $55K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Jan Duncan fund in 2020?: Women Speak Out PAC ($4.0M).
Which candidates did Jan Duncan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $743K, lost); for Donald Trump (President, about $592K, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $267K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.