Which super PACs did Rex Sinquefield fund in 2020?

America First Action ($1.0M), Senate Leadership Fund ($300K), NRSC ($36K).

Which candidates did Rex Sinquefield's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $843K, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $54K, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $34K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Rex Sinquefield

Individual

Retired, Retired · Missouri

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

Backed losers

Rex Sinquefield gave $1.3M 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, 10% were on the winning side ($110K won, $962K lost). $93 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.3M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

10%

$1.1M scored (80% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$962K

Not allocated or result unknown

$264K

$264K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $93 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
America First Action $124K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$0 / $876K
Senate Leadership Fund $117K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$102K / $80K
NRSC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$7K / $5K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$843K	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$54K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$34K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$17K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$14K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$12K	✗ No
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$10K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$10K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$10K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$9K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$8K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Rex Sinquefield spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Rex Sinquefield gave $1.3M 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, 10% were on the winning side ($110K won, $962K lost). $93 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Rex Sinquefield fund in 2020?: America First Action ($1.0M), Senate Leadership Fund ($300K), NRSC ($36K).
Which candidates did Rex Sinquefield's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $843K, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $54K, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $34K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.