Which super PACs did Vinod Khosla fund in 2020?

Ab PAC ($1.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Tech for Campaigns ($100K).

Which candidates did Vinod Khosla's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $814K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $147K, lost); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $145K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Vinod Khosla

Individual

Founder, Kholsa Ventures · California

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

Backed winners

Vinod Khosla gave $2.6M 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, 71% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $507K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

71%

$1.7M scored (67% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$507K

Not allocated or result unknown

$870K

$870K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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
Ab PAC $439K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M	$914K / $147K
Senate Majority PAC $383K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$256K / $360K
Tech for Campaigns $48K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$52K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$814K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$147K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$145K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$92K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$91K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$89K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$78K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$67K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$43K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$40K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Vinod Khosla spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Vinod Khosla gave $2.6M 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, 71% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $507K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Vinod Khosla fund in 2020?: Ab PAC ($1.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Tech for Campaigns ($100K).
Which candidates did Vinod Khosla's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $814K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $147K, lost); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $145K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.