Which super PACs did Robert Bigelow fund in 2022?

Morning in America PAC ($5.0M), All for Our Country ($3.0M), Club for Growth Action ($2.0M), 34n22, Inc. ($510K).

Which candidates did Robert Bigelow's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for April Becker (Nevada 3rd District, about $2.1M, lost); against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $1.9M, lost); against Susie Lee (Nevada 3rd District, about $1.6M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Robert Bigelow

Individual

Founder, Bigelow Aerospace · Nevada

6 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Robert Bigelow gave $11M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 7% were on the winning side ($616K won, $8.6M lost). $404K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$11M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$9.2M scored (88% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$8.6M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.3M

$897K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $404K 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
Morning in America PAC $64K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M	$183K / $4.8M
All for Our Country $234K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M	$0 / $2.8M
Club for Growth Action $461K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$421K / $714K
34n22, Inc. $138K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$510K	$12K / $360K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
April Becker	Nevada 3rd District	Supporting	$2.1M	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$1.9M	✗ No
Susie Lee	Nevada 3rd District	Attacking	$1.6M	✗ No
Sam Peters	Nevada 4th District	Supporting	$1.0M	✗ No
Steven A. Horsford	Nevada 4th District	Attacking	$913K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$321K	✗ No
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$318K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$153K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$146K	✗ No
JD Vance	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$114K	✗ No
Kermit Jones	California 3rd District	Attacking	$92K	✓ Yes
Kevin Kiley	California 3rd District	Supporting	$92K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Robert Bigelow spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Robert Bigelow gave $11M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% 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, 7% were on the winning side ($616K won, $8.6M lost). $404K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Robert Bigelow fund in 2022?: Morning in America PAC ($5.0M), All for Our Country ($3.0M), Club for Growth Action ($2.0M), 34n22, Inc. ($510K).
Which candidates did Robert Bigelow's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for April Becker (Nevada 3rd District, about $2.1M, lost); against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $1.9M, lost); against Susie Lee (Nevada 3rd District, about $1.6M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.