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 $160K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $114K, won); against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $110K, 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 gifts to 9 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Elizabeth Simons gave $2.7M 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, 74% ended up on the winning side ($1.3M won, $457K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$2.7M

99% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

74%

$1.3M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$457K

Not spent yet

$974K

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
House Majority PAC $135K not spent yet	$782K	$500K / $142K
Senate Majority PAC $280K not spent yet	$700K	$320K / $99K
Votevets $166K not spent yet	$600K	$264K / $166K
Care in Action PAC $130K not spent yet	$300K	$138K / $31K
Texas Organizing Project PAC $141K not spent yet	$200K	$4K / $2K
Courageous Leaders PAC, Inc. $13K not spent yet	$70K	$49K / $8K
DCCC $7K not spent yet	$37K	$23K / $7K
DSCC $20K not spent yet	$37K	$15K / $1K
Workers Vote $20K not spent yet	$25K	$5K / $10

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	$160K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$114K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$110K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$92K	✗ No
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$78K	✓ Yes
Michael V. Lawler	New York 17th District	Attacking	$69K	✗ No
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$66K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$54K	✗ No
Paul DeGroot	New Jersey 11th District	Attacking	$47K	✓ Yes
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$46K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$46K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$32K	✓ 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 99% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 74% ended up on the winning side ($1.3M won, $457K lost).
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 $160K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $114K, won); against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $110K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.