Which candidates did Unite Here's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $720K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $335K, won); for Steven Horsford (Nevada 4th District, about $78K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Unite Here

Company / nonprofit

New York

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

Backed winners

Unite Here gave $3.3M 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, 98% were on the winning side ($1.1M won, $27K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.3M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

98%

$1.2M scored (36% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$27K

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.1M

$2.1M 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
Unite Here PAC $2.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.3M		$1.1M / $27K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$720K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$335K	✓ Yes
Steven Horsford	Nevada 4th District	Supporting	$78K	✓ Yes
Pam Keith	Florida 18th District	Supporting	$19K	✗ No
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	Florida 26th District	Supporting	$9K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Unite Here spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Unite Here gave $3.3M 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, 98% were on the winning side ($1.1M won, $27K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Unite Here fund in 2020?: Unite Here PAC ($3.3M).
Which candidates did Unite Here's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $720K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $335K, won); for Steven Horsford (Nevada 4th District, about $78K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.