Which super PACs did Ron Bergan fund in 2022?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($100K).

Which candidates did Ron Bergan's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $112K, lost); for Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $89K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $86K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Ron Bergan

Individual

Retired, Retired · North Dakota

2 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Ron Bergan gave $850K 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, 50% were on the winning side ($356K won, $353K lost). $9K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$850K

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

50%

$709K scored (83% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$353K

Not allocated or result unknown

$141K

$132K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $9K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Americans for Prosperity Action $119K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$750K		$323K / $301K
Congressional Leadership Fund $13K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K		$32K / $53K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$112K	✗ No
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$89K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$86K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$64K	✓ Yes
Eric Schmitt	Missouri Senate (primary)	Supporting	$47K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$26K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$14K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$14K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$13K	✗ No
Nick Begich	Alaska at-large House seat	Supporting	$11K	✗ No
Mike Lee	Utah Senate	Supporting	$9K	✓ Yes
Marìa Elvira Salazar	Florida 27th District	Supporting	$8K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Ron Bergan spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Ron Bergan gave $850K 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, 50% were on the winning side ($356K won, $353K lost). $9K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Ron Bergan fund in 2022?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($100K).
Which candidates did Ron Bergan's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $112K, lost); for Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $89K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $86K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.