Which super PACs did Neil Bluhm fund in 2020?

Priorities USA Action ($1.0M), Unite the Country ($500K).

Which candidates did Neil Bluhm's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $613K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $403K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $170K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Neil Bluhm

Individual

President, Jmb Realty Corp · Illinois

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

Backed winners

Neil Bluhm gave $1.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 88% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $160K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

88%

$1.4M scored (92% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$160K

Not allocated or result unknown

$124K

$124K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Priorities USA Action $10K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$841K / $149K
Unite the Country $114K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K		$375K / $11K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$613K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$403K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$170K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$58K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$56K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$20K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$9K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate (primary)	Supporting	$2K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$2K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$1K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Neil Bluhm spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Neil Bluhm gave $1.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 88% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $160K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Neil Bluhm fund in 2020?: Priorities USA Action ($1.0M), Unite the Country ($500K).
Which candidates did Neil Bluhm's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $613K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $403K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $170K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.