Which super PACs did Continental Resources fund in 2022?

Senate Leadership Fund ($900K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($300K), American Leadership Action ($250K).

Which candidates did Continental Resources's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $309K, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $138K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $116K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Continental Resources

Company / nonprofit

Oklahoma

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

Backed losers

Continental Resources gave $1.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 35% were on the winning side ($414K won, $762K lost). $58K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.4M

98% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

35%

$1.2M scored (81% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$762K

Not allocated or result unknown

$275K

$216K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $58K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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 Leadership Fund $150K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$900K	$313K / $436K
Congressional Leadership Fund $39K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$97K / $158K
American Leadership Action $27K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$3K / $168K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$309K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$138K	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$116K	✓ Yes
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$99K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$80K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$78K	✗ No
Dave Mccormick	Pennsylvania Senate (primary)	Attacking	$45K	Unknown
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Supporting	$28K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$27K	✗ No
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$21K	✗ No
Kelly C. Tshibaka	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes
Susie Lee	Nevada 3rd District	Attacking	$12K	✗ No

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Continental Resources spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Continental Resources gave $1.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 35% were on the winning side ($414K won, $762K lost). $58K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Continental Resources fund in 2022?: Senate Leadership Fund ($900K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($300K), American Leadership Action ($250K).
Which candidates did Continental Resources's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $309K, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $138K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $116K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.