Which super PACs did Service Employees International Union fund in 2020?

People's Action Power ($1.3M), Moveon.Org Political Action ($50K).

Which candidates did Service Employees International Union's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $340K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $23K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $22K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Service Employees International Union

Company / nonprofit

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

Backed winners

Service Employees International Union gave $1.4M 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, 99% were on the winning side ($413K won, $6K lost). $51 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.4M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

99%

$418K scored (31% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$6K

Not allocated or result unknown

$932K

$932K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $51 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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
People's Action Power $892K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.3M		$406K / $3K
Moveon.Org Political Action $40K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K		$7K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Service Employees International Union's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Service Employees International Union's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$340K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$23K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$22K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$19K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$3K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$3K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$2K	✓ Yes
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$2K	✗ No
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Supporting	$1K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$752	✗ No
Andy Kim	New Jersey 3rd District	Supporting	$719	✓ Yes
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$205	✓ Yes

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Service Employees International Union spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Service Employees International Union gave $1.4M 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, 99% were on the winning side ($413K won, $6K lost). $51 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Service Employees International Union fund in 2020?: People's Action Power ($1.3M), Moveon.Org Political Action ($50K).
Which candidates did Service Employees International Union's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $340K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $23K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $22K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.