Which super PACs did Phillip Ragon fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($1.3M), House Majority PAC ($700K), Ab PAC ($500K).

Which candidates did Phillip Ragon's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $153K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $92K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $88K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Phillip Ragon

Individual

CEO & Founder, Intersystems Corporation · Massachusetts

5 reported gifts; 3 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Phillip Ragon gave $2.5M 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, 78% were on the winning side ($912K won, $263K lost). $16K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

78%

$1.2M scored (48% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$263K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.3M

$1.3M 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 $658K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.3M	$441K / $140K
House Majority PAC $143K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$700K	$431K / $123K
Ab PAC $460K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$40K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$153K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$92K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$88K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$71K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$41K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$40K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$32K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$21K	✓ Yes
Cassy Garcia	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Phillip Ragon spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Phillip Ragon gave $2.5M 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, 78% were on the winning side ($912K won, $263K lost). $16K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Phillip Ragon fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($1.3M), House Majority PAC ($700K), Ab PAC ($500K).
Which candidates did Phillip Ragon's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $153K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $92K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $88K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.