Which super PACs did Patrick Ryan fund in 2022?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($10M), Senate Leadership Fund ($7.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), Honor Pennsylvania ($100K), NRSC ($73K).

Which candidates did Patrick Ryan's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $1.2M, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $1.1M, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $914K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Patrick Ryan

Individual

Chairman, Ryan Specialty Group · Illinois

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

Mixed results

Patrick Ryan gave $18M 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 ($6.1M won, $9.2M lost). $219K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$18M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

40%

$15M scored (84% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$9.2M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.9M

$2.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $219K 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
Congressional Leadership Fund $1.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$10M	$3.3M / $5.4M
Senate Leadership Fund $1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$7.0M	$2.5M / $3.4M
Americans for Prosperity Action $119K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$750K	$323K / $301K
Honor Pennsylvania $10K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$0 / $69K
NRSC $64K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$73K	$3K / $7K
NRCC $430 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$605	$61 / $114
DCCC $449 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600	$115 / $36
Moveon.Org Political Action $191 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200	$2 / $7
Senate Majority PAC $105 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200	$71 / $22

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$1.2M	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$1.1M	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$914K	✓ Yes
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$777K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$638K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$613K	✗ No
Susie Lee	Nevada 3rd District	Attacking	$425K	✗ No
Dina Titus	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$340K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$320K	✗ No
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$315K	✗ No
Sean Patrick Maloney	New York 17th District	Attacking	$295K	✓ Yes
Katie Porter	California 47th District	Attacking	$266K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Patrick Ryan spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Patrick Ryan gave $18M 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 ($6.1M won, $9.2M lost). $219K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Patrick Ryan fund in 2022?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($10M), Senate Leadership Fund ($7.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), Honor Pennsylvania ($100K), NRSC ($73K).
Which candidates did Patrick Ryan's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $1.2M, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $1.1M, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $914K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.