Which super PACs did Carolyn Oliver fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($700K), DSCC ($255K), Women Vote! ($150K), Priorities USA Action ($100K), House Majority PAC ($100K).

Which candidates did Carolyn Oliver's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $121K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $110K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $92K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Carolyn Oliver

Individual

Physician, Patient Always First · Texas

11 gifts to 6 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Carolyn Oliver gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 81% ended up on the winning side ($667K won, $160K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$1.3M

99% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

81%

$667K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$160K

Not spent yet

$514K

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques went

A person writing cheques 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 cheque 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 Majority PAC $280K not spent yet	$700K	$320K / $99K
DSCC $141K not spent yet	$255K	$104K / $10K
Women Vote! $19K not spent yet	$150K	$101K / $25K
Priorities USA Action $44K not spent yet	$100K	$55K / $509
House Majority PAC $17K not spent yet	$100K	$64K / $18K
DCCC $7K not spent yet	$37K	$23K / $7K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$121K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$110K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$92K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$73K	✗ No
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$46K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$43K	✓ Yes
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$42K	✗ No
Tiffany Smiley	Washington Senate	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$31K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$27K	✓ Yes
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Haley Stevens	Michigan 11th District (primary)	Supporting	$13K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Carolyn Oliver spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Carolyn Oliver gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 81% ended up on the winning side ($667K won, $160K lost).
Which super PACs did Carolyn Oliver fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($700K), DSCC ($255K), Women Vote! ($150K), Priorities USA Action ($100K), House Majority PAC ($100K).
Which candidates did Carolyn Oliver's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $121K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $110K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $92K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.