Which super PACs did Reid Hoffman fund in 2020?

Hoffman ($4.5M), Unite the Country ($1.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Ab PAC ($1.0M), House Majority PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did Reid Hoffman's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $4.4M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $1.4M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $460K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Reid Hoffman

Individual

Venture Capital, LinkedIn co-founder / Greylock · California

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

Backed winners

Reid Hoffman gave $8.6M 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, 91% were on the winning side ($6.7M won, $702K lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$8.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

91%

$7.4M scored (86% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$702K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.2M

$1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $2K 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
Hoffman	$4.5M	$4.5M / $0
Unite the Country $342K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M	$1.1M / $32K
Senate Majority PAC $383K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$256K / $360K
Ab PAC $292K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$609K / $98K
House Majority PAC $34K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$40K / $175K
Black PAC $68K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$168K / $14K
DSCC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $9K
Our Future United $6K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25K	$4K / $13K
Meidastouch $6K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$12K	$6K / $684

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$4.4M	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$1.4M	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$460K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$130K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$126K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$98K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$94K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$79K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$67K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$61K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$45K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$40K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Reid Hoffman spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Reid Hoffman gave $8.6M 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, 91% were on the winning side ($6.7M won, $702K lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Reid Hoffman fund in 2020?: Hoffman ($4.5M), Unite the Country ($1.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Ab PAC ($1.0M), House Majority PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did Reid Hoffman's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $4.4M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $1.4M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $460K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.