Which super PACs did Kenneth Langone fund in 2022?

Senate Leadership Fund ($2.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($250K), Honor Pennsylvania ($150K), 34n22, Inc. ($78K).

Which candidates did Kenneth Langone's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $360K, lost); against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $327K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $259K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Kenneth Langone

Individual

Businessman, Invemed Assoc · New York

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

Mixed results

Kenneth Langone gave $2.5M 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, 40% were on the winning side ($806K won, $1.2M lost). $35K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.5M

98% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

40%

$2.0M scored (82% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.2M

Not allocated or result unknown

$445K

$410K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $35K 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 Leadership Fund $334K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$697K / $969K
Americans for Prosperity Action $40K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$108K / $100K
Honor Pennsylvania $15K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150K	$0 / $103K
34n22, Inc. $21K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$78K	$2K / $55K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$360K	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$327K	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$259K	✓ Yes
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$220K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$181K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$173K	✗ No
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate (primary)	Attacking	$103K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$102K	✗ No
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Supporting	$63K	✗ No
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$46K	✗ No
Kelly C. Tshibaka	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$42K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$30K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Kenneth Langone spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Kenneth Langone gave $2.5M 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, 40% were on the winning side ($806K won, $1.2M lost). $35K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Kenneth Langone fund in 2022?: Senate Leadership Fund ($2.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($250K), Honor Pennsylvania ($150K), 34n22, Inc. ($78K).
Which candidates did Kenneth Langone's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $360K, lost); against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $327K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $259K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.