Which candidates did Emily's List Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Tiffany Smiley (Washington Senate, about $358K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $196K, won); against Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $141K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Emily's List Action

Company / nonprofit

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

Backed winners

Emily's List Action gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 95% 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, 80% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $261K lost). $72K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

95% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

80%

$1.3M scored (82% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$261K

Not allocated or result unknown

$293K

$221K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $72K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Women Vote! $221K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.6M		$1.0M / $261K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Tiffany Smiley	Washington Senate	Attacking	$358K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$196K	✓ Yes
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$141K	✗ No
Haley Stevens	Michigan 11th District (primary)	Supporting	$132K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$119K	✓ Yes
Patty Murray	Washington Senate	Supporting	$72K	✓ Yes
Karen Carter Peterson	Louisiana 2nd District	Supporting	$47K	Unknown
Troy A. Carter	Louisiana 2nd District	Attacking	$43K	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$41K	✗ No
Regan Deering	Illinois 13th District	Attacking	$36K	✓ Yes
Henry Cuellar	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Patty Murray	Washington Senate (primary)	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Emily's List Action spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Emily's List Action gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 95% 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, 80% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $261K lost). $72K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Emily's List Action fund in 2022?: Women Vote! ($1.6M).
Which candidates did Emily's List Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Tiffany Smiley (Washington Senate, about $358K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $196K, won); against Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $141K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.