Which super PACs did Richard Gaby fund in 2022?

Club for Growth Action ($2.0M), The Sentinel Action Fund ($1.0M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($125K).

Which candidates did Richard Gaby's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $590K, lost); against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $272K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $153K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Richard Gaby

Individual

Trustee, Gaby Foundation · Georgia

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

Backed losers

Richard Gaby gave $3.1M 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, 25% were on the winning side ($539K won, $1.6M lost). $406K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.1M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

25%

$2.2M scored (70% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.6M

Not allocated or result unknown

$946K

$540K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $406K 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
Club for Growth Action $461K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$421K / $714K
The Sentinel Action Fund $63K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$77K / $860K
Congressional Leadership Fund $16K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$125K	$41K / $66K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$590K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$272K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$153K	✓ Yes
JD Vance	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$114K	✗ No
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$92K	✗ No
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$88K	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$87K	✓ Yes
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Attacking	$85K	✓ Yes
Patrick Lloyd Mccrory	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$82K	Unknown
Katie Britt	Alabama Senate (primary)	Attacking	$58K	✗ No
Katie Porter	California 47th District	Attacking	$54K	✗ No
Gabriel Vasquez	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$51K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Richard Gaby spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Richard Gaby gave $3.1M 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, 25% were on the winning side ($539K won, $1.6M lost). $406K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Richard Gaby fund in 2022?: Club for Growth Action ($2.0M), The Sentinel Action Fund ($1.0M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($125K).
Which candidates did Richard Gaby's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $590K, lost); against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $272K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $153K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.