2020 general election
Pennsylvania 12th District
The candidate who raised the most money won.
$1.7M was spent on the 2020 Pennsylvania 12th District race: $1.6M raised by the campaigns, $450K of it from PACs, plus $82K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Fred Keller (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Total money
$1.7M
Raised by campaigns
$1.6M
PAC checks
$450K
Outside money
$82K
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Fred KellerRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.6M
- Spent
- $1.1M
- From individuals
- $1.1M
- From PACs
- $446K
- From party
- $5K
- Own money & loans
- $3K
- Outside money for
- $71K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 29% of Keller's money came from PACs
Corporate $104K (34%)Trade group $98K (32%)Leadership PAC $33K (11%)Membership $40K (13%)Super PAC $5K (2%)Other $25K (8%)
- Comcast Corporation Corporate$13K
- House Freedom Fund Leadership PAC$10K
- American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee Corporate$10K
- Keystone Alliance Political Action Committee Other$10K
- National Beer Wholesalers Association Trade group$9K
- National Association of Home Builders Trade group$7K
- Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Membership$7K
- The Farm Credit Council Trade group$6K
Biggest outside spenders
- House Freedom Action · $42K supporting
- Freedom's Defense Fund · $10K supporting
- Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC · $10K supporting
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund · $9K supporting
Lee GriffinDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $62K
- Spent
- $61K
- From individuals
- $37K
- From PACs
- $4K
- From party
- $5K
- Own money & loans
- $17K
- Outside money for
- $11K
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 6% of Griffin's money came from PACs
Leadership PAC $3K (83%)Party $500 (17%)
- Keystone America PAC Leadership PAC$3K
- Pennsylvania Democratic Party Party$500
Biggest outside spenders
- Commonwealth Communications · $11K supporting
Questions people ask
- How much money was spent on the 2020 Pennsylvania 12th District race?
- $1.7M was spent on the 2020 Pennsylvania 12th District race: $1.6M raised by the campaigns, $450K of it from PACs, plus $82K from outside groups (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Fred Keller (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Pennsylvania 12th District race?
- Fred Keller (Republican) raised $1.6M and had $71K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Pennsylvania 12th District race?
- House Freedom Action ($42K), Commonwealth Communications ($11K), Freedom's Defense Fund ($10K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Pennsylvania 12th District race?
- Comcast Corporation & Nbcuniversal Political Action Committee - Federal gave $13K to Fred Keller; House Freedom Fund gave $10K to Fred Keller; American Crystal Sugar Company Political Action Committee gave $10K to Fred Keller.