Which super PACs did Jim Bowen fund in 2020?

Preserve America PAC ($1.0M), Moveon.Org Political Action ($162), Republican National Committee ($110).

Which candidates did Jim Bowen's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $978K, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $9, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $7, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Jim Bowen

Individual

President/CEO, First Trust Inc. · Florida

8 reported gifts; 3 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Jim Bowen gave $1.0M 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, 0% were on the winning side ($23 won, $978K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$978K scored (98% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$978K

Not allocated or result unknown

$22K

$22K 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
Preserve America PAC $22K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$0 / $978K
Moveon.Org Political Action $130 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$162	$23 / $9
Republican National Committee $109 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$110	$0 / $1

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$978K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$9	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$7	✓ Yes
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$5	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$3	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$2	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$1	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$1	✓ Yes
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$1	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$1	✗ No
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$1	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$1	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Jim Bowen spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Jim Bowen gave $1.0M 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, 0% were on the winning side ($23 won, $978K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Jim Bowen fund in 2020?: Preserve America PAC ($1.0M), Moveon.Org Political Action ($162), Republican National Committee ($110).
Which candidates did Jim Bowen's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $978K, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $9, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $7, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.