Which super PACs did Mary Alice Bergan fund in 2020?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.4M), Restoration PAC ($75K), NRSC ($36K), Republican National Committee ($1K), DSCC ($500).

Which candidates did Mary Alice Bergan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $333K, lost); for Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $220K, won); for John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $82K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Mary Alice Bergan

Individual

Retired, Retired · North Dakota

9 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Mary Alice Bergan gave $1.5M 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, 55% were on the winning side ($686K won, $569K lost). $6K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.5M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

55%

$1.3M scored (83% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$569K

Not allocated or result unknown

$257K

$251K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $6K 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $209K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.4M	$679K / $507K
Restoration PAC $18K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$75K	$0 / $57K
NRSC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$7K / $5K
Republican National Committee $992 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$0 / $8
DSCC $353 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500	$23 / $124

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$333K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$220K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Supporting	$82K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$82K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Supporting	$72K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Supporting	$71K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$65K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$45K	✗ No
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$30K	✓ Yes
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Supporting	$19K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$19K	✗ No
Nick J. Freitas	Virginia 7th District	Supporting	$12K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Mary Alice Bergan spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Mary Alice Bergan gave $1.5M 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, 55% were on the winning side ($686K won, $569K lost). $6K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Mary Alice Bergan fund in 2020?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.4M), Restoration PAC ($75K), NRSC ($36K), Republican National Committee ($1K), DSCC ($500).
Which candidates did Mary Alice Bergan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $333K, lost); for Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $220K, won); for John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $82K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.