Which super PACs did Main Street Advocacy Fund fund in 2022?

Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. ($1.8M).

Which candidates did Main Street Advocacy Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Karoline Leavitt (New Hampshire 1st District, about $329K, lost); for Brad Finstad (Minnesota 1st District, about $191K, won); against Loren Culp (Washington 4th District, about $164K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Main Street Advocacy Fund

Company / nonprofit

3 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Main Street Advocacy Fund gave $1.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 61% were on the winning side ($768K won, $483K lost). $374K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.8M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

61%

$1.3M scored (70% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$483K

Not allocated or result unknown

$549K

$174K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $374K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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
Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. $174K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.8M		$768K / $483K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Main Street Advocacy Fund's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Main Street Advocacy Fund's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District (primary)	Attacking	$329K	✗ No
Brad Finstad	Minnesota 1st District	Supporting	$191K	✓ Yes
Loren Culp	Washington 4th District (primary)	Attacking	$164K	Unknown
Tony Vargas	Nebraska 2nd District	Attacking	$125K	✓ Yes
Dan Newhouse	Washington 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$125K	✓ Yes
Alexander X. Mooney	West Virginia 2nd District (primary)	Attacking	$125K	✗ No
Mike Simpson	Idaho 2nd District (primary)	Supporting	$118K	✓ Yes
Theresa Gavarone	Ohio 9th District (primary)	Supporting	$49K	Unknown
Taffy Howard	South Dakota at-large House seat (primary)	Attacking	$47K	Unknown
Bryan Smith	Idaho 2nd District (primary)	Attacking	$40K	Unknown
Peter Meijer	Michigan 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$37K	Unknown
Jeremy Munson	Minnesota 1st District	Attacking	$37K	Unknown

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Main Street Advocacy Fund spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Main Street Advocacy Fund gave $1.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 61% were on the winning side ($768K won, $483K lost). $374K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Main Street Advocacy Fund fund in 2022?: Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. ($1.8M).
Which candidates did Main Street Advocacy Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Karoline Leavitt (New Hampshire 1st District, about $329K, lost); for Brad Finstad (Minnesota 1st District, about $191K, won); against Loren Culp (Washington 4th District, about $164K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.