Which super PACs did Anne Bass fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($980K), Women Vote! ($225K), DSCC ($37K).

Which candidates did Anne Bass's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $120K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $98K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $74K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Anne Bass

Individual

Founder, Anne T. & Robert M. Bass Foundation · Texas

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

Backed winners

Anne Bass gave $1.2M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 98% 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, 77% were on the winning side ($498K won, $147K lost). $19K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.2M

98% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

77%

$645K scored (52% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$147K

Not allocated or result unknown

$596K

$577K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $19K 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
Senate Majority PAC $516K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$980K	$346K / $110K
Women Vote! $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$225K	$147K / $37K
DSCC $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$5K / $509

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$120K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$98K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$74K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$56K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$52K	✗ No
Tiffany Smiley	Washington Senate	Attacking	$50K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$42K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes
Haley Stevens	Michigan 11th District (primary)	Supporting	$19K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$14K	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$13K	✓ Yes
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$13K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Anne Bass spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Anne Bass gave $1.2M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 98% 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, 77% were on the winning side ($498K won, $147K lost). $19K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Anne Bass fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($980K), Women Vote! ($225K), DSCC ($37K).
Which candidates did Anne Bass's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $120K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $98K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $74K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.