Which super PACs did Diane Hendricks fund in 2022?

Wisconsin Truth PAC ($19M), Club for Growth Action ($4.5M), NRSC ($37K).

Which candidates did Diane Hendricks's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $11M, won); for Ron Johnson (Wisconsin Senate, about $5.8M, won); against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $1.4M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Diane Hendricks

Individual

Chairman, ABC Supply · Wisconsin

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

Backed winners

Diane Hendricks gave $24M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 85% were on the winning side ($18M won, $3.0M lost). $908K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$24M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

85%

$21M scored (88% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$3.0M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.7M

$1.8M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $908K 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
Wisconsin Truth PAC $749K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$19M	$17M / $1.4M
Club for Growth Action $1.0M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4.5M	$947K / $1.6M
NRSC $32K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$1K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$11M	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$5.8M	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$1.4M	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$614K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$344K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$331K	✗ No
JD Vance	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$257K	✗ No
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Attacking	$192K	✓ Yes
Patrick Lloyd Mccrory	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$184K	Unknown
Katie Britt	Alabama Senate (primary)	Attacking	$131K	✗ No
Katie Porter	California 47th District	Attacking	$113K	✗ No
Kathy Barnette	Pennsylvania Senate (primary)	Supporting	$108K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Diane Hendricks spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Diane Hendricks gave $24M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 85% were on the winning side ($18M won, $3.0M lost). $908K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Diane Hendricks fund in 2022?: Wisconsin Truth PAC ($19M), Club for Growth Action ($4.5M), NRSC ($37K).
Which candidates did Diane Hendricks's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $11M, won); for Ron Johnson (Wisconsin Senate, about $5.8M, won); against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $1.4M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.