Which candidates did Jacklyn Bezos's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Jared Forrest Golden (Maine 2nd District, about $133K, won); for Don Bacon (Nebraska 2nd District, about $109K, won); for Mikie Sherril (New Jersey 11th District, about $101K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Jacklyn Bezos

Individual

Not Employed · Washington

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

Backed winners

Jacklyn Bezos gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 56% 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, 97% were on the winning side ($529K won, $17K lost). $35K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

56% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

97%

$546K scored (27% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$17K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.5M

$1.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $35K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
With Honor Fund, Inc. $1.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M		$529K / $17K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jared Forrest Golden	Maine 2nd District	Supporting	$133K	✓ Yes
Don Bacon	Nebraska 2nd District	Supporting	$109K	✓ Yes
Mikie Sherril	New Jersey 11th District	Supporting	$101K	✓ Yes
Mark E. Amodei	Nevada 2nd District (primary)	Supporting	$74K	✓ Yes
Tony Gonzalez	Texas 23rd District	Supporting	$72K	✓ Yes
Emily Beach	California 15th District (primary)	Supporting	$33K	Unknown
Jimmy Panetta	California 19th District (primary)	Supporting	$21K	✓ Yes
Chrissy Houlahan	Pennsylvania 6th District	Supporting	$15K	✓ Yes
Elaine G. Luria	Virginia 2nd District	Supporting	$8K	✗ No
Pat Ryan	New York 18th District	Supporting	$7K	✗ No
Francis Conole	New York 22nd District	Supporting	$3K	✗ No
Jason Crow	Colorado 6th District	Supporting	$2K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Jacklyn Bezos spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Jacklyn Bezos gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 56% 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, 97% were on the winning side ($529K won, $17K lost). $35K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Jacklyn Bezos fund in 2022?: With Honor Fund, Inc. ($2.0M).
Which candidates did Jacklyn Bezos's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Jared Forrest Golden (Maine 2nd District, about $133K, won); for Don Bacon (Nebraska 2nd District, about $109K, won); for Mikie Sherril (New Jersey 11th District, about $101K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.