Which super PACs did John Joe Ricketts fund in 2020?

America First Action ($2.0M), Freedomworks for America ($20K), Senate Conservatives Fund ($1K), NRCC ($700).

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

against Joe Biden (President, about $1.7M, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $67K, lost); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $3K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

← All donors

Donor

John Joe Ricketts

Individual

Businessman and Philanthropist, Self-Employed · Wyoming

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

Backed losers

John Joe Ricketts gave $2.0M 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 ($3K won, $1.8M lost). $160 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$1.8M scored (87% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.8M

Not allocated or result unknown

$258K

$258K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $160 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 $247K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$0 / $1.8M
Freedomworks for America $9K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$20K	$3K / $8K
Senate Conservatives Fund $581 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$191 / $192
NRCC $510 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$700	$168 / $15

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$1.7M	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$67K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$3K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$3K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$993	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$665	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Supporting	$563	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$300	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$287	✓ Yes
David Schweikert	Arizona 6th District	Supporting	$163	✓ Yes
Thomas Massie	Kentucky 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$138	✓ Yes
Chip Roy	Texas 21st District	Supporting	$129	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did John Joe Ricketts spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: John Joe Ricketts gave $2.0M 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 ($3K won, $1.8M lost). $160 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did John Joe Ricketts fund in 2020?: America First Action ($2.0M), Freedomworks for America ($20K), Senate Conservatives Fund ($1K), NRCC ($700).
Which candidates did John Joe Ricketts's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $1.7M, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $67K, lost); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $3K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.