Which super PACs did Marathon Petroleum Company fund in 2020?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.5M), Senate Leadership Fund ($500K).

Which candidates did Marathon Petroleum Company's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $88K, lost); against Anthony J. Brindisi (New York 22nd District, about $59K, won); against Sri Preston Kulkarni (Texas 22nd District, about $49K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Marathon Petroleum Company

Company / nonprofit

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

Backed winners

Marathon Petroleum Company gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% 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, 79% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $320K lost). $98K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

79%

$1.5M scored (75% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$320K

Not allocated or result unknown

$508K

$410K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $98K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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
Congressional Leadership Fund $215K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M		$1.0M / $186K
Senate Leadership Fund $195K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K		$171K / $134K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$88K	✗ No
Anthony J. Brindisi	New York 22nd District	Attacking	$59K	✓ Yes
Sri Preston Kulkarni	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$49K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$49K	✓ Yes
Max N. Rose	New York 11th District	Attacking	$47K	✓ Yes
Carolyn Bordeaux	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$44K	Unknown
Christy Smith	California 25th District	Attacking	$43K	✓ Yes
Xochitl Torres Small	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$41K	✓ Yes
Collin C. Peterson	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$40K	✓ Yes
Kendra S. Horn	Oklahoma 5th District	Attacking	$39K	✓ Yes
Candace Valenzuela	Texas 24th District	Attacking	$38K	✓ Yes
Jackie Gordon	New York 2nd District	Attacking	$36K	✓ Yes

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Marathon Petroleum Company spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Marathon Petroleum Company gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% 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, 79% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $320K lost). $98K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Marathon Petroleum Company fund in 2020?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.5M), Senate Leadership Fund ($500K).
Which candidates did Marathon Petroleum Company's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $88K, lost); against Anthony J. Brindisi (New York 22nd District, about $59K, won); against Sri Preston Kulkarni (Texas 22nd District, about $49K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.