Which super PACs did Joe Craft fund in 2020?

America First Action ($500K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($500K), Americans for Prosperity Action ($100K), Standing With Conservatives ($10K).

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

against Joe Biden (President, about $421K, lost); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $24K, lost); against Anthony J. Brindisi (New York 22nd District, about $20K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Joe Craft

Individual

Executive, Alliance Coal LLC · Oklahoma

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

Mixed results

Joe Craft gave $1.1M 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, 42% were on the winning side ($383K won, $536K lost). $41K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.1M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

42%

$919K scored (83% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$536K

Not allocated or result unknown

$191K

$150K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $41K 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
America First Action $62K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$0 / $438K
Congressional Leadership Fund $72K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$334K / $62K
Americans for Prosperity Action $15K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$48K / $36K
Standing With Conservatives $2K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$10K	$391 / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$421K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$24K	✗ No
Anthony J. Brindisi	New York 22nd District	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$17K	✗ No
Sri Preston Kulkarni	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$16K	✓ Yes
Max N. Rose	New York 11th District	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes
Carolyn Bordeaux	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$15K	Unknown
Christy Smith	California 25th District	Attacking	$14K	✓ Yes
Xochitl Torres Small	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$14K	✓ Yes
Collin C. Peterson	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes
Kendra S. Horn	Oklahoma 5th District	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Joe Craft spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Joe Craft gave $1.1M 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, 42% were on the winning side ($383K won, $536K lost). $41K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Joe Craft fund in 2020?: America First Action ($500K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($500K), Americans for Prosperity Action ($100K), Standing With Conservatives ($10K).
Which candidates did Joe Craft's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $421K, lost); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $24K, lost); against Anthony J. Brindisi (New York 22nd District, about $20K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.