2020 general election
Florida 4th District
The winner was outraised and won anyway.
$2.2M was spent on the 2020 Florida 4th District race: $2.1M raised by the campaigns, $513K of it from PACs, plus $102K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). John H. Rutherford (Republican) won despite being outraised.
Total money
$2.2M
Raised by campaigns
$2.1M
PAC checks
$513K
Outside money
$102K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Donna DeeganDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $1.0M
- Spent
- $1.0M
- From individuals
- $1.0M
- From PACs
- $22K
- From party
- $300
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $22K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 2% of Deegan's money came from PACs
Union $18K (95%)Other $1K (5%)
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee Union$5K
- Laborers' International Union of North America Union$5K
- Transport Workers Union of America Union$3K
- American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Committee On Political Education Union$3K
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union$3K
- Elect Democratic Women Other$1K
Biggest outside spenders
- Voter Protection Project · $22K supporting
John H. RutherfordRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.0M
- Spent
- $1.3M
- From individuals
- $463K
- From PACs
- $490K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $80K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 48% of Rutherford's money came from PACs
Corporate $322K (64%)Trade group $95K (19%)Leadership PAC $14K (3%)Membership $20K (4%)Union $15K (3%)Super PAC $1K (0%)Other $34K (7%)
- Embraer Aircraft Holding Inc Political Action Committee (Embraer PAC) Corporate$13K
- National Automobile Dealers Association Trade group$13K
- Northrop Grumman Corporation Corporate$10K
- Bae Systems Inc. Political Action Committee (Bae Systems USA PAC) Corporate$10K
- Leidos, Inc. Corporate$10K
- Lockheed Martin Corporation Corporate$10K
- Raytheon Technologies Corporation Corporate$10K
- Crowley Maritime Corporation Federal PAC Corporate$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- Americans for Police and Trooper Safety · $52K supporting
- Cops and Kids Together · $20K supporting
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund · $9K supporting
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 Florida 4th District race?
- $2.2M was spent on the 2020 Florida 4th District race: $2.1M raised by the campaigns, $513K of it from PACs, plus $102K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). John H. Rutherford (Republican) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Florida 4th District race?
- John H. Rutherford (Republican) raised $1.0M and had $80K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Florida 4th District race?
- Americans for Police and Trooper Safety ($52K), Voter Protection Project ($22K), Cops and Kids Together ($20K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Florida 4th District race?
- Embraer Aircraft Holding Inc Political Action Committee (Embraer PAC) gave $13K to John H. Rutherford; National Automobile Dealers Association Political Action Committee gave $13K to John H. Rutherford; Employees of Northrop Grumman Corporation PAC gave $10K to John H. Rutherford.