Which candidates did Environmental Defense Fund Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Joe O'Dea (Colorado Senate, about $236K, won); for Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $103K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $84K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Environmental Defense Fund Action

Company / nonprofit

New York

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

Backed winners

Environmental Defense Fund Action gave $2.0M 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, 90% were on the winning side ($980K won, $106K lost). $38K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

90%

$1.1M scored (54% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$106K

Not allocated or result unknown

$914K

$875K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $38K 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
Lcv Victory Fund $875K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M		$980K / $106K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe O'Dea	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$236K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$103K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$84K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$70K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$65K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$58K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$51K	✗ No
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$50K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$32K	✓ Yes
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate (primary)	Supporting	$31K	✓ Yes
Donna F Edwards	Maryland 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$22K	Unknown
Brian Maryott	California 49th District	Attacking	$21K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Environmental Defense Fund Action spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Environmental Defense Fund Action gave $2.0M 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, 90% were on the winning side ($980K won, $106K lost). $38K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Environmental Defense Fund Action fund in 2022?: Lcv Victory Fund ($2.0M).
Which candidates did Environmental Defense Fund Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Joe O'Dea (Colorado Senate, about $236K, won); for Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $103K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $84K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.