Which super PACs did Thomas Peterffy fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($7.0M).

Which candidates did Thomas Peterffy's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $1.2M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $684K, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $356K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Thomas Peterffy

Individual

Chairman, Interactive Brokers Group · Florida

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

Mixed results

Thomas Peterffy gave $7.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% 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 ($2.4M won, $1.9M lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$7.0M

97% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

56%

$4.3M scored (61% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.9M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.7M

$2.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $2K 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 $2.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$7.0M		$2.4M / $1.9M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$1.2M	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$684K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$356K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$287K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$254K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$236K	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$226K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$216K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$182K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$176K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$117K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$105K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Thomas Peterffy spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Thomas Peterffy gave $7.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 97% 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 ($2.4M won, $1.9M lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Thomas Peterffy fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($7.0M).
Which candidates did Thomas Peterffy's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $1.2M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $684K, won); against Steve Bullock (Montana Senate, about $356K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.