Which super PACs did Amos Hostetter fund in 2022?

House Majority PAC ($600K), Lcv Victory Fund ($500K), Votevets ($425K), DSCC ($37K), Women Vote! ($20K).

Which candidates did Amos Hostetter's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $80K, won); against Joe O'Dea (Colorado Senate, about $59K, won); against Michael V. Lawler (New York 17th District, about $35K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Amos Hostetter

Individual

CEO, Pilot House Associates (cable fortune) · Massachusetts

7 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Amos Hostetter gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 78% were on the winning side ($767K won, $220K lost). $16K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

78%

$986K scored (62% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$220K

Not allocated or result unknown

$595K

$579K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $16K 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
House Majority PAC $122K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600K	$369K / $105K
Lcv Victory Fund $219K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$245K / $26K
Votevets $205K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$425K	$134K / $84K
DSCC $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$5K / $509
Women Vote! $3K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$20K	$13K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$80K	✓ Yes
Joe O'Dea	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$59K	✓ Yes
Michael V. Lawler	New York 17th District	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Paul DeGroot	New Jersey 11th District	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$26K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$21K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$18K	✓ Yes
Tyler Kistner	Minnesota 2nd District	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Amos Hostetter spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Amos Hostetter gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 78% were on the winning side ($767K won, $220K lost). $16K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Amos Hostetter fund in 2022?: House Majority PAC ($600K), Lcv Victory Fund ($500K), Votevets ($425K), DSCC ($37K), Women Vote! ($20K).
Which candidates did Amos Hostetter's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $80K, won); against Joe O'Dea (Colorado Senate, about $59K, won); against Michael V. Lawler (New York 17th District, about $35K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.