Which super PACs did Jonathan Lavine fund in 2022?

House Majority PAC ($1.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($500K), DSCC ($73K), DCCC ($37K).

Which candidates did Jonathan Lavine's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $62K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $39K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $38K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Jonathan Lavine

Individual

Partner, Bain Capital · Massachusetts

5 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Jonathan Lavine gave $1.6M 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, 78% were on the winning side ($809K won, $234K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

78%

$1.0M scored (65% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$234K

Not allocated or result unknown

$566K

$555K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $11K 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
House Majority PAC $204K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$615K / $175K
Senate Majority PAC $263K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$176K / $56K
DSCC $61K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$73K	$11K / $1K
DCCC $27K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$7K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$62K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$39K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$38K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$30K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$29K	✗ No
Cassy Garcia	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Jeremy Shaffer	Pennsylvania 17th District	Attacking	$25K	✓ Yes
Lisa Scheller	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$25K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$25K	✓ Yes
David G. Valadao	California 22nd District	Attacking	$24K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Jonathan Lavine spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Jonathan Lavine gave $1.6M 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, 78% were on the winning side ($809K won, $234K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Jonathan Lavine fund in 2022?: House Majority PAC ($1.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($500K), DSCC ($73K), DCCC ($37K).
Which candidates did Jonathan Lavine's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $62K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $39K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $38K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.