Which super PACs did Marsha Laufer fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund) ($250K), Women Vote! ($150K), Ab PAC ($125K), Priorities USA Action ($75K).

Which candidates did Marsha Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $141K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $103K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $78K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Marsha Laufer

Individual

Retired, Retired · Florida

9 reported gifts; 7 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Marsha Laufer gave $1.7M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% 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, 79% were on the winning side ($596K won, $156K lost). $16K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.7M

99% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

79%

$753K scored (44% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$156K

Not allocated or result unknown

$945K

$929K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $16K 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 $539K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$361K / $115K
Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund) $160K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$76K / $14K
Women Vote! $21K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150K	$98K / $24K
Ab PAC $115K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$125K	$10K / $0
Priorities USA Action $36K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$75K	$38K / $356
DSCC $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$5K / $509
DCCC $27K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$7K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$141K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$103K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$78K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$72K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$47K	✗ No
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$37K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$34K	✓ Yes
Tiffany Smiley	Washington Senate	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$26K	✓ Yes
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Lucy McBath	Georgia 7th District (primary)	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$17K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Marsha Laufer spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Marsha Laufer gave $1.7M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% 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, 79% were on the winning side ($596K won, $156K lost). $16K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Marsha Laufer fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund) ($250K), Women Vote! ($150K), Ab PAC ($125K), Priorities USA Action ($75K).
Which candidates did Marsha Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $141K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $103K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $78K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.