Which candidates did Joshua Beckenstein's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $955K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $184K, lost); against Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $110K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

← All donors

Donor

Joshua Beckenstein

Individual

Managing Director, Bain Capitol · Massachusetts

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

Backed winners

Joshua Beckenstein gave $1.9M 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, 86% were on the winning side ($1.1M won, $184K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.9M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

86%

$1.3M scored (71% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$184K

Not allocated or result unknown

$548K

$548K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Ab PAC $548K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.9M		$1.1M / $184K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$955K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$184K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$110K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$77K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$876	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Joshua Beckenstein spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Joshua Beckenstein gave $1.9M 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, 86% were on the winning side ($1.1M won, $184K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Joshua Beckenstein fund in 2020?: Ab PAC ($1.9M).
Which candidates did Joshua Beckenstein's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $955K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $184K, lost); against Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $110K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.