Which super PACs did Olan Mills II fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($2.3M), Ab PAC ($150K), House Majority PAC ($100K), Shield PAC ($100K), DCCC ($72K).

Which candidates did Olan Mills II's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $276K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $168K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $161K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

← All donors

Donor

Olan Mills II

Individual

Retired, Olan Mills, Inc. · Tennessee

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

Backed winners

Olan Mills II gave $2.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 77% were on the winning side ($958K won, $279K lost). $35K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.8M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

77%

$1.2M scored (45% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$279K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.5M

$1.5M 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 Majority PAC $1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.3M	$793K / $252K
Ab PAC $138K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150K	$12K / $0
House Majority PAC $20K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$62K / $18K
Shield PAC $29K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$66K / $4K
DCCC $54K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$72K	$14K / $4K
DSCC $60K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$72K	$11K / $1K
Penn Progress, Inc. $6K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$20K	$0 / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$276K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$168K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$161K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$129K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$74K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$57K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$57K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$32K	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$31K	✓ Yes
Chuck Morse	New Hampshire Senate (primary)	Attacking	$21K	Unknown
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$19K	✓ Yes
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$17K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Olan Mills II spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Olan Mills II gave $2.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 77% were on the winning side ($958K won, $279K lost). $35K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Olan Mills II fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($2.3M), Ab PAC ($150K), House Majority PAC ($100K), Shield PAC ($100K), DCCC ($72K).
Which candidates did Olan Mills II's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $276K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $168K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $161K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.