Which super PACs did Elizabeth Simons fund in 2022?

House Majority PAC ($782K), Senate Majority PAC ($700K), Votevets ($600K), Care in Action PAC ($300K), Texas Organizing Project PAC ($200K).

Which candidates did Elizabeth Simons's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $113K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $101K, won); against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $86K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Elizabeth Simons

Individual

Retired, Heising-Simons Foundation · California

11 reported gifts; 9 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Elizabeth Simons gave $2.7M 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, 75% were on the winning side ($1.1M won, $374K lost). $61K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.7M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

75%

$1.5M scored (54% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$374K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.3M

$1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $61K 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 $159K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$782K	$481K / $137K
Senate Majority PAC $368K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$700K	$247K / $79K
Votevets $289K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600K	$189K / $119K
Care in Action PAC $147K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$124K / $28K
Texas Organizing Project PAC $148K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K	$3K / $2K
Courageous Leaders PAC, Inc. $13K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$70K	$49K / $8K
DCCC $27K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$7K / $2K
DSCC $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$5K / $509
Workers Vote $22K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25K	$3K / $7

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$113K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$101K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$86K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$62K	✗ No
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$60K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$51K	✓ Yes
Michael V. Lawler	New York 17th District	Attacking	$49K	✗ No
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$49K	✓ Yes
Paul DeGroot	New Jersey 11th District	Attacking	$36K	✓ Yes
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$33K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$31K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Elizabeth Simons spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Elizabeth Simons gave $2.7M 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, 75% were on the winning side ($1.1M won, $374K lost). $61K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Elizabeth Simons fund in 2022?: House Majority PAC ($782K), Senate Majority PAC ($700K), Votevets ($600K), Care in Action PAC ($300K), Texas Organizing Project PAC ($200K).
Which candidates did Elizabeth Simons's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $113K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $101K, won); against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $86K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.