Which candidates did Blake Murray's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mike Lee (Utah Senate, about $2.3M, lost); for Evan McMullin (Utah Senate, about $386K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Blake Murray

Individual

Retired · Utah

3 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Blake Murray gave $3.0M 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, 0% were on the winning side ($0 won, $2.6M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

$2.6M scored (88% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.6M

Not allocated or result unknown

$353K

$353K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Put Utah First PAC $353K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M		$0 / $2.6M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mike Lee	Utah Senate	Attacking	$2.3M	✗ No
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Supporting	$386K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Blake Murray spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Blake Murray gave $3.0M 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, 0% were on the winning side ($0 won, $2.6M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Blake Murray fund in 2022?: Put Utah First PAC ($3.0M).
Which candidates did Blake Murray's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mike Lee (Utah Senate, about $2.3M, lost); for Evan McMullin (Utah Senate, about $386K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.