Which super PACs did John Childs fund in 2022?

Club for Growth Action ($2.0M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($825K), Restoration PAC ($800K), American Leadership Action ($650K), Senate Leadership Fund ($600K).

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

against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $527K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $374K, lost); against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $336K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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John Childs

Individual

Chairman, J.W. Childs Associates · Florida

68 reported gifts; 20 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

John Childs gave $6.7M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% 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, 32% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $2.6M lost). $778K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$6.7M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

32%

$3.8M scored (57% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.6M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.9M

$2.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $778K 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 $473K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$431K / $732K
Congressional Leadership Fund $108K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$825K	$268K / $434K
Restoration PAC $735K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$800K	$4K / $60K
American Leadership Action $70K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$650K	$7K / $436K
Senate Leadership Fund $100K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600K	$209K / $291K
Saving Arizona PAC $78K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400K	$106K / $168K
Freedomworks for America $275K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$350K	$7K / $45K
The Sentinel Action Fund $16K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$19K / $215K
Senate Conservatives Action $108K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K	$33K / $59K
House Freedom Action $44K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150K	$50K / $31K
Florida First Project $24K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$125K	$46K / $54K
Wfw Action Fund Inc $24K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$3K / $32K
34n22, Inc. $14K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$1K / $35K
Right Women PAC $12K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$18K / $19K
Arkansas Patriots Fund $5K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$0 / $0
Heartland Resurgence $10K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$11K / $0
NRSC $27K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$31K	$1K / $3K
House Freedom Fund $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K	$768 / $251
DCCC $483 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$645	$123 / $39
National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund $310 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$450	$20 / $116

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$527K	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$374K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$336K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$159K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$135K	✗ No
JD Vance	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$117K	✗ No
Dave Mccormick	Pennsylvania Senate (primary)	Attacking	$116K	Unknown
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$116K	✓ Yes
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$113K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$107K	✗ No
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Attacking	$91K	✓ Yes
Patrick Lloyd Mccrory	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$84K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did John Childs spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: John Childs gave $6.7M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% 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, 32% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $2.6M lost). $778K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did John Childs fund in 2022?: Club for Growth Action ($2.0M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($825K), Restoration PAC ($800K), American Leadership Action ($650K), Senate Leadership Fund ($600K).
Which candidates did John Childs's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $527K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $374K, lost); against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $336K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.