Which super PACs did Marlene Ricketts fund in 2020?

Esafund ($5.1M), America First Action ($500K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($100K), NRSC ($36K).

Which candidates did Marlene Ricketts's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $537K, lost); for Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $537K, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $421K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Marlene Ricketts

Individual

Retired, Ricketts family (TD Ameritrade) · Nebraska

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

Backed losers

Marlene Ricketts gave $5.7M 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, 15% were on the winning side ($551K won, $3.2M lost). $172K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.7M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

15%

$3.7M scored (65% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$3.2M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.0M

$1.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $172K 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
Esafund $1.8M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.1M	$477K / $2.7M
America First Action $62K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$0 / $438K
Congressional Leadership Fund $14K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$67K / $12K
NRSC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$7K / $5K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$537K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$537K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$421K	✗ No
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$304K	✗ No
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Supporting	$303K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$277K	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$213K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$213K	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$168K	✗ No
Dan Schwartz	Nevada 3rd District (primary)	Attacking	$165K	Unknown
Kara Eastman	Nebraska 2nd District	Attacking	$160K	✓ Yes
Donald Bacon	Nebraska 2nd District	Supporting	$159K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Marlene Ricketts spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Marlene Ricketts gave $5.7M 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, 15% were on the winning side ($551K won, $3.2M lost). $172K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Marlene Ricketts fund in 2020?: Esafund ($5.1M), America First Action ($500K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($100K), NRSC ($36K).
Which candidates did Marlene Ricketts's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $537K, lost); for Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $537K, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $421K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.