Which super PACs did Bernard Schwartz fund in 2022?

House Majority PAC ($600K), Senate Majority PAC ($275K), Ab PAC ($100K), DSCC ($37K).

Which candidates did Bernard Schwartz's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $34K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $22K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $21K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Bernard Schwartz

Individual

Chairman & CEO, Bls Investments, LLC · New York

6 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Bernard Schwartz gave $1.0M 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 ($480K won, $136K lost). $6K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

78%

$616K scored (61% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$136K

Not allocated or result unknown

$396K

$389K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $6K 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
Senate Majority PAC $145K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$275K	$97K / $31K
Ab PAC $92K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$8K / $0
DSCC $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$5K / $509

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$22K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$21K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$16K	✗ No
Cassy Garcia	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes
Jeremy Shaffer	Pennsylvania 17th District	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes
Lisa Scheller	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$14K	✓ Yes
David G. Valadao	California 22nd District	Attacking	$14K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Bernard Schwartz spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Bernard Schwartz gave $1.0M 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 ($480K won, $136K lost). $6K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Bernard Schwartz fund in 2022?: House Majority PAC ($600K), Senate Majority PAC ($275K), Ab PAC ($100K), DSCC ($37K).
Which candidates did Bernard Schwartz's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $34K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $22K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $21K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.