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

against Michelle Steel (California 48th District, about $46K, lost); against Jeff Van Drew (New Jersey 2nd District, about $33K, lost); against Michelle Fischbach (Minnesota 7th District, about $29K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Service Employees International Union Cope

Another PAC

1 reported gift; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Service Employees International Union Cope gave $1.0M 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, 18% were on the winning side ($159K won, $702K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

18%

$861K scored (86% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$702K

Not allocated or result unknown

$139K

$137K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $3K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

Another political committee passing money along. The original donor is one step upstream. 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
House Majority PAC $137K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$159K / $702K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
Jeff Van Drew	New Jersey 2nd District	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Michelle Fischbach	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$29K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 25th District	Attacking	$29K	✗ No
Nicole Malliotakis	New York 11th District	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Troy Nehls	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Burgess Owens	Utah 4th District	Attacking	$26K	✗ No
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Iowa 2nd District	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
Rich McCormick	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$22K	✓ Yes
Rodney Davis	Illinois 13th District	Attacking	$21K	✗ No
Max N. Rose	New York 11th District	Supporting	$21K	✗ No
Carlos Gimenez	Florida 26th District	Attacking	$21K	✗ No

Another PAC as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Service Employees International Union Cope spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Service Employees International Union Cope gave $1.0M 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, 18% were on the winning side ($159K won, $702K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Service Employees International Union Cope fund in 2020?: House Majority PAC ($1.0M).
Which candidates did Service Employees International Union Cope's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Michelle Steel (California 48th District, about $46K, lost); against Jeff Van Drew (New Jersey 2nd District, about $33K, lost); against Michelle Fischbach (Minnesota 7th District, about $29K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.