Which super PACs did James Davis fund in 2022?

Senate Leadership Fund ($1.1M), Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($150K), DCCC ($41K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($25K), DSCC ($24K).

Which candidates did James Davis's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $177K, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $169K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $142K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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James Davis

Individual

Chairman, New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. · Massachusetts

520 reported gifts; 21 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

James Davis gave $1.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 96% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 43% were on the winning side ($432K won, $566K lost). $1K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.4M

96% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

43%

$998K scored (73% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$566K

Not allocated or result unknown

$372K

$371K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1K 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 Leadership Fund $184K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.1M	$383K / $533K
Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. $113K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150K	$24K / $13K
DCCC $30K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$8K / $2K
Congressional Leadership Fund $3K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25K	$8K / $13K
DSCC $20K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$24K	$4K / $338
Senate Majority PAC $6K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$12K	$4K / $1K
NRSC $8K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$10K	$334 / $901
NRCC $3K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4K	$382 / $719
House Freedom Fund $920 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$178 / $58
Americans for Constitutional	$1K	$332 / $638
Moveon.Org Political Action $568 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$595	$5 / $20
National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund $344 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500	$23 / $129
American Hospital Association PAC $378 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500	$122 / $0
Freedomworks for America $275 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$350	$7 / $45
The Committee to Defeat the President $129 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250	$53 / $16
End Citizens United $203 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250	$34 / $12
The Lincoln Project $182 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$188	$1 / $4
Giffords PAC $65 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100	$35 / $0
American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees People $65 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$80	$13 / $1
Chc Bold PAC $53 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$78	$23 / $1
Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) $38 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$40	$1 / $1

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$177K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$169K	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$142K	✓ Yes
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$121K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$97K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$96K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$40K	✗ No
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Supporting	$35K	✗ No
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$25K	✗ No
Kelly C. Tshibaka	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$23K	✓ Yes
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$6K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$5K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did James Davis spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: James Davis gave $1.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 96% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 43% were on the winning side ($432K won, $566K lost). $1K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did James Davis fund in 2022?: Senate Leadership Fund ($1.1M), Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($150K), DCCC ($41K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($25K), DSCC ($24K).
Which candidates did James Davis's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $177K, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $169K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $142K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.