2020 general election
Virginia 5th District
The winner was outraised and won anyway.
$16M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Virginia 5th District race: $7.2M raised by the campaigns, $746K of it from PACs, plus $8.5M from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Robert G. Good (Republican) won despite being outraised.
Receipts + outside spending
$16M
Raised by campaigns
$7.2M
PAC checks
$746K
Outside money
$8.5M
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
B. Cameron WebbDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $5.8M
- Spent
- $5.8M
- From individuals
- $5.2M
- From PACs
- $575K
- From party
- $12K
- Own money & loans
- $5K
- Outside money for
- $630K
- Outside money against
- $3.0M
Who paid: 10% of Webb's money came from PACs
Corporate $3K (1%)Trade group $31K (6%)Leadership PAC $155K (30%)Membership $58K (11%)Union $95K (18%)Super PAC $65K (12%)Party $6K (1%)Other $107K (21%)
- Cbcpac-Newdem Fund for the Majority Other$10K
- Jobs, Education, & Families First - Jeff PAC Leadership PAC$10K
- Voter Protection Project Super PAC$10K
- 314 Action Victory Fund Super PAC$10K
- The Collective PAC Other$10K
- Unitedemocrats PAC Super PAC$8K
- American College of Emergency Physicians Membership$8K
- The Next 50 PAC Other$6K
Biggest outside spenders
- Congressional Leadership Fund · $1.8M attacking
- NRCC · $1.2M attacking
- American Medical Association Political Action Committee · $345K supporting
- Black PAC · $117K supporting
- Congressional Black Caucus PAC · $97K supporting
Robert G. GoodRepublican
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.4M
- Spent
- $1.3M
- From individuals
- $1.1M
- From PACs
- $171K
- From party
- $5K
- Own money & loans
- $2K
- Outside money for
- $117K
- Outside money against
- $4.8M
Who paid: 12% of Good's money came from PACs
Corporate $10K (8%)Trade group $15K (12%)Leadership PAC $48K (38%)Membership $16K (12%)Super PAC $3K (2%)Party $10K (8%)Other $26K (21%)
- National Automobile Dealers Association Trade group$5K
- Conservative Leadership Political Action Committee Other$5K
- Cole Combined Committee Party$5K
- Scalise Leadership PAC$5K
- Campaign for Working Families Other$5K
- Koch Industries, Inc. Corporate$5K
- Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans Leadership PAC$5K
- House Conservatives Fund Leadership PAC$5K
Biggest outside spenders
- 314 Action Fund · $2.4M attacking
- House Majority PAC · $1.7M attacking
- DCCC · $523K attacking
- End Citizens United · $100K attacking
- Fedup Political Action Committee Aka Fedup PAC · $63K supporting
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2020 Virginia 5th District race?
- $16M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Virginia 5th District race: $7.2M raised by the campaigns, $746K of it from PACs, plus $8.5M from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Robert G. Good (Republican) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Virginia 5th District race?
- B. Cameron Webb (Democrat) raised $5.8M and had $630K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Virginia 5th District race?
- 314 Action Fund ($2.4M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.8M), House Majority PAC ($1.7M).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Virginia 5th District race?
- Congressional Black Caucus PAC gave $10K to B. Cameron Webb; Jobs, Education, & Families First - Jeff PAC gave $10K to B. Cameron Webb; Voter Protection Project gave $10K to B. Cameron Webb.