Which super PACs did Ronald Cameron fund in 2022?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($3.5M), Senate Leadership Fund ($3.3M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($2.0M), Club for Growth Action ($500K), Heartland Resurgence ($250K).

Which candidates did Ronald Cameron's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $562K, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $534K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $434K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Ronald Cameron

Individual

Chairman, Mountaire Corporation · Arkansas

24 reported gifts; 8 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Ronald Cameron gave $9.6M 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, 43% were on the winning side ($3.3M won, $4.4M lost). $331K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$9.6M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

43%

$7.7M scored (80% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$4.4M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.9M

$1.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $331K 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
Congressional Leadership Fund $457K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.5M	$1.1M / $1.8M
Senate Leadership Fund $543K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.3M	$1.1M / $1.6M
Americans for Prosperity Action $318K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$861K / $801K
Club for Growth Action $115K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$105K / $179K
Heartland Resurgence $51K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$53K / $0
NRSC $64K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$73K	$3K / $7K
Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. $38K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$8K / $4K
Florida First Project $5K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25K	$9K / $11K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$562K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$534K	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$434K	✓ Yes
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$397K	✗ No
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$358K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$351K	✗ No
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$326K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$236K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$231K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$173K	✓ Yes
Susie Lee	Nevada 3rd District	Attacking	$147K	✗ No
Jake Bequette	Arkansas Senate (primary)	Attacking	$146K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Ronald Cameron spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Ronald Cameron gave $9.6M 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, 43% were on the winning side ($3.3M won, $4.4M lost). $331K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Ronald Cameron fund in 2022?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($3.5M), Senate Leadership Fund ($3.3M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($2.0M), Club for Growth Action ($500K), Heartland Resurgence ($250K).
Which candidates did Ronald Cameron's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $562K, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $534K, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $434K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.