Which super PACs did Richard Uihlein fund in 2022?

Restoration PAC ($33M), Club for Growth Action ($32M), Saving Arizona PAC ($3.0M), Team PAC ($2.5M), Arkansas Patriots Fund ($2.1M).

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

against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $4.5M, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $3.4M, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $2.5M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Richard Uihlein

Individual

CEO, Uline · Illinois

50 reported gifts; 13 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Richard Uihlein gave $77M 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, 36% were on the winning side ($9.9M won, $18M lost). $10M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$77M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

36%

$28M scored (36% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$18M

Not allocated or result unknown

$50M

$40M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $10M 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
Restoration PAC $30M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$33M	$180K / $2.5M
Club for Growth Action $7.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$32M	$6.8M / $11M
Saving Arizona PAC $588K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M	$798K / $1.3M
Team PAC $106K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.5M	$0 / $1.4M
Arkansas Patriots Fund $209K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.1M	$0 / $0
No Better Friend PAC $353K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.7M	$1.3M / $0
34n22, Inc. $271K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$24K / $705K
Wisconsin Truth PAC $20K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$442K / $38K
American Leadership PAC $88K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$242K / $170K
House Freedom Action $148K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$167K / $103K
Conservative Outsider PAC $8K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$225K	$0 / $48K
House Freedom Fund $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K	$768 / $251
NRSC $218 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250	$9 / $23

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$4.5M	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$3.4M	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$2.5M	✓ Yes
Jake Bequette	Arkansas Senate	Supporting	$1.9M	Unknown
JD Vance	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$1.8M	✗ No
Eric Schmitt	Missouri Senate (primary)	Attacking	$1.4M	✗ No
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Attacking	$1.4M	✓ Yes
Patrick Lloyd Mccrory	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$1.3M	Unknown
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$1.2M	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$1.1M	✗ No
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$1.0M	✗ No
Vicky Hartzler	Missouri Senate (primary)	Attacking	$1.0M	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Richard Uihlein spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Richard Uihlein gave $77M 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, 36% were on the winning side ($9.9M won, $18M lost). $10M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Richard Uihlein fund in 2022?: Restoration PAC ($33M), Club for Growth Action ($32M), Saving Arizona PAC ($3.0M), Team PAC ($2.5M), Arkansas Patriots Fund ($2.1M).
Which candidates did Richard Uihlein's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $4.5M, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $3.4M, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $2.5M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.