Which super PACs did Thomas Secunda fund in 2020?

Unite the Country ($1.0M), Women Vote! ($500K), House Majority PAC ($250K), DSCC ($36K), Dmfi PAC ($5K).

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

for Joe Biden (President, about $495K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $307K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $46K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Thomas Secunda

Individual

Vice Chair, Bloomberg, LP · New York

6 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Thomas Secunda gave $1.8M 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, 64% were on the winning side ($868K won, $494K lost). $32K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.8M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

64%

$1.4M scored (76% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$494K

Not allocated or result unknown

$428K

$397K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $32K 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	Won / lost
Unite the Country $228K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$751K / $21K
Women Vote! $109K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$75K / $287K
House Majority PAC $34K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$40K / $175K
DSCC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $9K
Dmfi PAC $851 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K	$779 / $1K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$495K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$307K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$45K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$29K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$21K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$14K	✗ No
Yvette Herrell	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$13K	✗ No
Victoria Spartz	Indiana 5th District	Attacking	$13K	✗ No
Ann Wagner	Missouri 2nd District	Attacking	$13K	✗ No
Stephanie Bice	Oklahoma 5th District	Attacking	$12K	✗ No
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$12K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Thomas Secunda spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Thomas Secunda gave $1.8M 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, 64% were on the winning side ($868K won, $494K lost). $32K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Thomas Secunda fund in 2020?: Unite the Country ($1.0M), Women Vote! ($500K), House Majority PAC ($250K), DSCC ($36K), Dmfi PAC ($5K).
Which candidates did Thomas Secunda's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $495K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $307K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $46K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.