Which super PACs did John Fish fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($2.0M), House Majority PAC ($745K), DCCC ($37K), Edf Action Votes ($400), DSCC ($39).

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

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $245K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $147K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $141K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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John Fish

Individual

Chairman & CEO, Suffolk Construction Co., Inc. · Massachusetts

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

Backed winners

John Fish gave $2.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 77% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $357K lost). $23K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.8M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

77%

$1.5M scored (55% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$357K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.3M

$1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $23K 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 Majority PAC $1.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$705K / $224K
House Majority PAC $152K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$745K	$458K / $130K
DCCC $28K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$7K / $2K
Edf Action Votes $109 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400	$279 / $12
DSCC $33 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$39	$6 / $1

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$245K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$147K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$141K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$114K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$65K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$51K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$50K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$28K	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$27K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$22K	✓ Yes
Cassy Garcia	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did John Fish spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: John Fish gave $2.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 77% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $357K lost). $23K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did John Fish fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($2.0M), House Majority PAC ($745K), DCCC ($37K), Edf Action Votes ($400), DSCC ($39).
Which candidates did John Fish's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $245K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $147K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $141K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.