Which super PACs did Jeff Yass fund in 2022?

Club for Growth Action ($20M), School Freedom Fund ($15M), Crypto Freedom PAC ($4.9M), Protect Freedom Political Action Committee ($4.5M), American Leadership Action ($3.5M).

Which candidates did Jeff Yass's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $2.7M, lost); against Evan McMullin (Utah Senate, about $2.7M, won); against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $2.3M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Jeff Yass

Individual

Managing Director, Susquehanna International Group · Pennsylvania

17 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Jeff Yass gave $48M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 89% 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, 47% were on the winning side ($9.7M won, $11M lost). $13M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$48M

89% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

47%

$21M scored (43% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$11M

Not allocated or result unknown

$27M

$14M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $13M 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
Club for Growth Action $4.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$20M	$4.2M / $7.1M
School Freedom Fund $6.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$15M	$2.5M / $583K
Crypto Freedom PAC $1.8M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4.9M	$1.9M / $234K
Protect Freedom Political Action Committee $830K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4.5M	$1.1M / $769K
American Leadership Action $379K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.5M	$38K / $2.3M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$2.7M	✗ No
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Attacking	$2.7M	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$2.3M	✗ No
Patrick Lloyd Mccrory	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$2.1M	Unknown
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$1.7M	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$1.5M	✓ Yes
Avery Frix	Oklahoma 2nd District	Attacking	$1.3M	Unknown
Jim Lamon	Arizona Senate (primary)	Attacking	$1.2M	Unknown
JD Vance	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$1.1M	✗ No
Josh Brecheen	Oklahoma 2nd District	Supporting	$1.1M	✓ Yes
Jake Evans	Georgia 6th District	Attacking	$1.0M	Unknown
Mo Brooks	Alabama Senate (primary)	Supporting	$948K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Jeff Yass spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Jeff Yass gave $48M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 89% 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, 47% were on the winning side ($9.7M won, $11M lost). $13M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Jeff Yass fund in 2022?: Club for Growth Action ($20M), School Freedom Fund ($15M), Crypto Freedom PAC ($4.9M), Protect Freedom Political Action Committee ($4.5M), American Leadership Action ($3.5M).
Which candidates did Jeff Yass's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $2.7M, lost); against Evan McMullin (Utah Senate, about $2.7M, won); against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $2.3M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.