Which super PACs did Shirley Ryan fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), NRSC ($36K).

Which candidates did Shirley Ryan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $178K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $99K, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $52K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Shirley Ryan

Individual

Retired, Retired · Illinois

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

Mixed results

Shirley Ryan gave $1.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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, 56% were on the winning side ($349K won, $273K lost). $308 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

98% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

56%

$622K scored (60% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$273K

Not allocated or result unknown

$414K

$413K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $308 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
Senate Leadership Fund $390K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$341K / $268K
NRSC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K		$7K / $5K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$178K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$99K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$52K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$43K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$37K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$33K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$32K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$28K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$18K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Shirley Ryan spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Shirley Ryan gave $1.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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, 56% were on the winning side ($349K won, $273K lost). $308 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Shirley Ryan fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), NRSC ($36K).
Which candidates did Shirley Ryan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $178K, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $99K, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $52K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.