Which super PACs did John Blanchard fund in 2022?

MAGA Inc. ($1.0M), NRSC ($35K), NRCC ($1K), The Committee to Defeat the President ($603), DCCC ($40).

Which candidates did John Blanchard's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $47K, lost); against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $47K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $42K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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John Blanchard

Individual

Owner, Ascent Residential LLC · Alabama

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

Backed losers

John Blanchard gave $1.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 16% were on the winning side ($34K won, $176K lost). $126 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

16%

$210K scored (20% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$176K

Not allocated or result unknown

$827K

$827K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $126 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
MAGA Inc. $795K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$33K / $172K
NRSC $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$35K	$1K / $3K
NRCC $828 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$117 / $219
The Committee to Defeat the President $311 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$603	$129 / $38
DCCC $30 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$40	$8 / $2

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$47K	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$47K	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$42K	✗ No
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$26K	✗ No
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$10K	✗ No
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$1K	✗ No
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$1K	✗ No
JD Vance	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$905	✓ Yes
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$873	✓ Yes
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$389	✗ No
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$376	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did John Blanchard spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: John Blanchard gave $1.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 16% were on the winning side ($34K won, $176K lost). $126 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did John Blanchard fund in 2022?: MAGA Inc. ($1.0M), NRSC ($35K), NRCC ($1K), The Committee to Defeat the President ($603), DCCC ($40).
Which candidates did John Blanchard's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $47K, lost); against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $47K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $42K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.