Which super PACs did Miriam Adelson fund in 2022?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($13M), Senate Leadership Fund ($13M).

Which candidates did Miriam Adelson's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $2.0M, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $1.9M, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $1.6M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Miriam Adelson

Individual

Physician, Las Vegas Sands · Nevada

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

Mixed results

Miriam Adelson gave $25M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% 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 ($8.4M won, $13M lost). $232K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$25M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

40%

$21M scored (84% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$13M

Not allocated or result unknown

$4.0M

$3.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $232K 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
Congressional Leadership Fund $1.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$13M		$4.1M / $6.6M
Senate Leadership Fund $2.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$13M		$4.4M / $6.1M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$2.0M	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$1.9M	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$1.6M	✓ Yes
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$1.4M	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$1.1M	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$1.1M	✗ No
Susie Lee	Nevada 3rd District	Attacking	$518K	✗ No
Dina Titus	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$413K	✗ No
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Supporting	$392K	✗ No
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$384K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$369K	✗ No
Sean Patrick Maloney	New York 17th District	Attacking	$360K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Miriam Adelson spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Miriam Adelson gave $25M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 99% 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 ($8.4M won, $13M lost). $232K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Miriam Adelson fund in 2022?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($13M), Senate Leadership Fund ($13M).
Which candidates did Miriam Adelson's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $2.0M, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $1.9M, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $1.6M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.