Donor

Service Employees International Union Political Education and Action Fund

Company / nonprofit

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

Backed winners

Service Employees International Union Political Education and Action Fund 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, 100% were on the winning side ($401K won, $2K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

100%

$403K scored (40% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2K

Not allocated or result unknown

$597K

$597K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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
For Our Future $597K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$401K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$272K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$86K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$13K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$13K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$11K	✓ Yes
Susie Lee	Nevada 3rd District	Supporting	$3K	✓ Yes
Dan Rodimer	Nevada 3rd District	Attacking	$1K	✓ Yes
Hillary Scholten	Michigan 3rd District	Supporting	$870	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$655	✓ Yes
Patricia Ackerman	Nevada 2nd District	Supporting	$525	✗ No
Steven Horsford	Nevada 4th District	Supporting	$501	✓ Yes
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan 8th District	Supporting	$437	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Service Employees International Union Political Education and Action Fund spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Service Employees International Union Political Education and Action Fund 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, 100% were on the winning side ($401K won, $2K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Service Employees International Union Political Education and Action Fund fund in 2020?: For Our Future ($1.0M).
Which candidates did Service Employees International Union Political Education and Action Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $272K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $86K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $13K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.