Which super PACs did Stephen Feinberg fund in 2020?

America First Action ($1.0M), The Lincoln Project ($5K).

Which candidates did Stephen Feinberg's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $843K, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $34K, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $2K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Stephen Feinberg

Individual

CEO, Cerberus Capital Management · New York

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

Backed losers

Stephen Feinberg gave $1.0M 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, 0% were on the winning side ($2K won, $877K lost). $2 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$879K scored (87% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$877K

Not allocated or result unknown

$126K

$126K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $2 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
America First Action $124K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$0 / $876K
The Lincoln Project $2K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K		$2K / $743

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$843K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$34K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$2K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$295	✗ No
Al Gross	Alaska Senate	Supporting	$159	✗ No
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$155	✗ No
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$136	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$118	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$95	✗ No
Dan Sullivan	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$86	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$40	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$32	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Stephen Feinberg spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Stephen Feinberg gave $1.0M 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, 0% were on the winning side ($2K won, $877K lost). $2 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Stephen Feinberg fund in 2020?: America First Action ($1.0M), The Lincoln Project ($5K).
Which candidates did Stephen Feinberg's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $843K, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $34K, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $2K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.