Which super PACs did Phillip Ragon fund in 2020?

Ab PAC ($2.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($500K).

Which candidates did Phillip Ragon's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $1.3M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $245K, lost); against Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $147K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Phillip Ragon

Individual

Founder, Intersystems Corporation · Massachusetts

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

Backed winners

Phillip Ragon gave $3.0M 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, 80% were on the winning side ($1.7M won, $425K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

80%

$2.1M scored (69% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$425K

Not allocated or result unknown

$923K

$923K 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
Ab PAC $731K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.5M		$1.5M / $245K
Senate Majority PAC $192K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K		$128K / $180K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$1.3M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$245K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$147K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$144K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$45K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$39K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$21K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$12K	✗ No
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$10K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Phillip Ragon spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Phillip Ragon gave $3.0M 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, 80% were on the winning side ($1.7M won, $425K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Phillip Ragon fund in 2020?: Ab PAC ($2.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($500K).
Which candidates did Phillip Ragon's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $1.3M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $245K, lost); against Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $147K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.