Donor

Communications Workers of America-Cope Political Contributions Committee

Another PAC

18 gifts to 4 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Communications Workers of America-Cope Political Contributions Committee gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 96% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 76% ended up on the winning side ($747K won, $233K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

96% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

76%

$747K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$233K

Not spent yet

$600K

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques went

Another political committee passing money along. The original donor is one step upstream. Each gift is split the way the group that received it split its spending between winners and losers, so a $10M cheque 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
House Majority PAC $126K not spent yet	$730K	$467K / $133K
Wfp National PAC $269K not spent yet	$590K	$190K / $79K
Casa in Action PAC $133K not spent yet	$210K	$68K / $8K
Votevets $14K not spent yet	$50K	$22K / $14K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Communications Workers of America-Cope Political Contributions Committee's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Communications Workers of America-Cope Political Contributions Committee's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$62K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$59K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$34K	✓ Yes
Jamie McLeod-Skinner	Oregon 5th District	Supporting	$31K	✗ No
Summer Lee	Pennsylvania 12th District (primary)	Supporting	$27K	✓ Yes
Jessica Cisneros	Texas 28th District (primary)	Supporting	$26K	Unknown
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$23K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$22K	✓ Yes
Cassy Garcia	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes
Jeremy Shaffer	Pennsylvania 17th District	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes

Another PAC as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Communications Workers of America-Cope Political Contributions Committee spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Communications Workers of America-Cope Political Contributions Committee gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 96% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 76% ended up on the winning side ($747K won, $233K lost).
Which super PACs did Communications Workers of America-Cope Political Contributions Committee fund in 2022?: House Majority PAC ($730K), Wfp National PAC ($590K), Casa in Action PAC ($210K), Votevets ($50K).
Which candidates did Communications Workers of America-Cope Political Contributions Committee's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $62K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $59K, won); for John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $34K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.