Which super PACs did Robert Mercer fund in 2020?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.5M), Elbert Guillory's America ($5K).

Which candidates did Robert Mercer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Anthony J. Brindisi (New York 22nd District, about $59K, won); against Sri Preston Kulkarni (Texas 22nd District, about $49K, won); against Max N. Rose (New York 11th District, about $47K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Robert Mercer

Individual

Co-CEO, Renaissance Technologies · New York

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

Backed winners

Robert Mercer 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, 84% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $187K lost). $98K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.5M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

84%

$1.2M scored (79% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$187K

Not allocated or result unknown

$316K

$218K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $98K 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
Congressional Leadership Fund $215K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M		$1.0M / $186K
Elbert Guillory's America $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K		$382 / $1K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Anthony J. Brindisi	New York 22nd District	Attacking	$59K	✓ Yes
Sri Preston Kulkarni	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$49K	✓ Yes
Max N. Rose	New York 11th District	Attacking	$47K	✓ Yes
Carolyn Bordeaux	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$44K	Unknown
Christy Smith	California 25th District	Attacking	$43K	✓ Yes
Xochitl Torres Small	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$41K	✓ Yes
Collin C. Peterson	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$40K	✓ Yes
Kendra S. Horn	Oklahoma 5th District	Attacking	$39K	✓ Yes
Candace Valenzuela	Texas 24th District	Attacking	$38K	✓ Yes
Jackie Gordon	New York 2nd District	Attacking	$36K	✓ Yes
Joe Cunningham	South Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$35K	✓ Yes
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	Florida 26th District	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Robert Mercer spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Robert Mercer 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, 84% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $187K lost). $98K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Robert Mercer fund in 2020?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.5M), Elbert Guillory's America ($5K).
Which candidates did Robert Mercer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Anthony J. Brindisi (New York 22nd District, about $59K, won); against Sri Preston Kulkarni (Texas 22nd District, about $49K, won); against Max N. Rose (New York 11th District, about $47K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.