Which super PACs did K Rupert Murdoch fund in 2022?

Senate Leadership Fund ($2.0M), Honor Pennsylvania ($200K).

Which candidates did K Rupert Murdoch's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $322K, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $306K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $258K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

K Rupert Murdoch

Individual

Executive, Fox Corporation · New York

2 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

K Rupert Murdoch gave $2.2M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 98% 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, 39% were on the winning side ($697K won, $1.1M lost). $44K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.2M

98% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

39%

$1.8M scored (82% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.1M

Not allocated or result unknown

$397K

$353K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $44K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Senate Leadership Fund $334K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M		$697K / $969K
Honor Pennsylvania $20K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K		$0 / $137K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$322K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$306K	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$258K	✓ Yes
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$220K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$177K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$173K	✗ No
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate (primary)	Attacking	$137K	✗ No
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Supporting	$63K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$59K	✗ No
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
Kelly C. Tshibaka	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$42K	✓ Yes
Dave Mccormick	Pennsylvania Senate (primary)	Supporting	$37K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did K Rupert Murdoch spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: K Rupert Murdoch gave $2.2M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 98% 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, 39% were on the winning side ($697K won, $1.1M lost). $44K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did K Rupert Murdoch fund in 2022?: Senate Leadership Fund ($2.0M), Honor Pennsylvania ($200K).
Which candidates did K Rupert Murdoch's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $322K, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $306K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $258K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.