Which super PACs did Lawrence Ellison fund in 2020?

Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($5.0M), 1820 PAC ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did Lawrence Ellison's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Lindsey Graham (South Carolina Senate, about $928K, won); against Sara I. Gideon (Maine Senate, about $559K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $373K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Lawrence Ellison

Individual

Executive Chairman and CTO, Oracle Corporation · California

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

Backed winners

Lawrence Ellison gave $6.3M 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, 67% were on the winning side ($2.6M won, $1.3M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$6.3M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

67%

$3.9M scored (62% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.3M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.4M

$2.4M 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	Won / lost
Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. $2.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M	$1.6M / $1.2M
1820 PAC $121K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$788K / $91K
Security Is Strength PAC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$215K / $13K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$928K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$559K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$373K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$343K	✓ Yes
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$338K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$235K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate (primary)	Supporting	$229K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$157K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$147K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$97K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$97K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate (primary)	Attacking	$91K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Lawrence Ellison spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Lawrence Ellison gave $6.3M 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, 67% were on the winning side ($2.6M won, $1.3M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Lawrence Ellison fund in 2020?: Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($5.0M), 1820 PAC ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did Lawrence Ellison's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Lindsey Graham (South Carolina Senate, about $928K, won); against Sara I. Gideon (Maine Senate, about $559K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $373K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.