Which super PACs did Kenneth Langone fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($1.3M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($600K).

Which candidates did Kenneth Langone's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $255K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $150K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $144K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Kenneth Langone

Individual

Banker, Invemed · New York

6 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Kenneth Langone gave $1.9M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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, 56% were on the winning side ($717K won, $553K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.9M

98% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

56%

$1.3M scored (69% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$553K

Not allocated or result unknown

$580K

$577K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $3K 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
Senate Leadership Fund $488K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.3M		$426K / $335K
Americans for Prosperity Action $89K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600K		$291K / $217K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$255K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$150K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$144K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$94K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$68K	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$53K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$51K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$42K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$39K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Supporting	$35K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Kenneth Langone spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Kenneth Langone gave $1.9M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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, 56% were on the winning side ($717K won, $553K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Kenneth Langone fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($1.3M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($600K).
Which candidates did Kenneth Langone's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $255K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $150K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $144K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.