Which super PACs did Irwin Jacobs fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), House Majority PAC ($627K), Ab PAC ($350K), DCCC ($62K).

Which candidates did Irwin Jacobs's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $122K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $74K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $70K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Irwin Jacobs

Individual

Retired · California

10 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Irwin Jacobs 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, 78% were on the winning side ($779K won, $226K lost). $13K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

78%

$1.0M scored (49% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$226K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.0M

$1.0M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $13K 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
Senate Majority PAC $526K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$353K / $112K
House Majority PAC $128K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$627K	$386K / $110K
Ab PAC $322K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$350K	$28K / $0
DCCC $46K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$62K	$12K / $4K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$122K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$74K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$70K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$57K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$28K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$25K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes
Cassy Garcia	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$17K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Irwin Jacobs spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Irwin Jacobs 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, 78% were on the winning side ($779K won, $226K lost). $13K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Irwin Jacobs fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), House Majority PAC ($627K), Ab PAC ($350K), DCCC ($62K).
Which candidates did Irwin Jacobs's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $122K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $74K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $70K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.