Which super PACs did Laura Perlmutter fund in 2020?

America First Action ($11M), Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did Laura Perlmutter's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $8.8M, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $352K, lost); against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $180K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Laura Perlmutter

Individual

Director, Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Fndn. · Florida

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

Backed losers

Laura Perlmutter gave $12M 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, 6% were on the winning side ($556K won, $9.5M lost). $308 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$12M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$10M scored (85% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$9.5M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.7M

$1.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $308 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 $1.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$11M	$0 / $9.2M
Senate Leadership Fund $390K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$341K / $268K
Security Is Strength PAC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$215K / $13K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$8.8M	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$352K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$180K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$176K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$98K	✓ Yes
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$68K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$51K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$41K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$36K	✗ No
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Laura Perlmutter spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Laura Perlmutter gave $12M 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, 6% were on the winning side ($556K won, $9.5M lost). $308 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Laura Perlmutter fund in 2020?: America First Action ($11M), Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did Laura Perlmutter's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $8.8M, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $352K, lost); against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $180K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.