Which super PACs did Sam Rawlings Walton fund in 2022?

Republican Accountability PAC ($800K), Put Utah First PAC ($100K).

Which candidates did Sam Rawlings Walton's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against JD Vance (Ohio Senate, about $104K, lost); against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $82K, won); against Mike Lee (Utah Senate, about $75K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Sam Rawlings Walton

Individual

Owner, Restoration Works LLC · California

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

Mixed results

Sam Rawlings Walton gave $900K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (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 ($127K won, $224K lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$900K

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

36%

$351K scored (39% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$224K

Not allocated or result unknown

$549K

$547K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $2K 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
Republican Accountability PAC $536K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$800K		$127K / $136K
Put Utah First PAC $12K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K		$0 / $88K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
JD Vance	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$104K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$82K	✓ Yes
Mike Lee	Utah Senate	Attacking	$75K	✗ No
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$31K	✗ No
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$29K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Supporting	$13K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$2K	✓ Yes
Robyn Belinskey	Wyoming at-large House seat (primary)	Attacking	$872	Unknown
Anthony Bouchard	Wyoming at-large House seat (primary)	Attacking	$872	Unknown
Harriett Hageman	Wyoming at-large House seat (primary)	Attacking	$872	✗ No
JD Vance	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$189	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Sam Rawlings Walton spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Sam Rawlings Walton gave $900K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (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 ($127K won, $224K lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Sam Rawlings Walton fund in 2022?: Republican Accountability PAC ($800K), Put Utah First PAC ($100K).
Which candidates did Sam Rawlings Walton's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against JD Vance (Ohio Senate, about $104K, lost); against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $82K, won); against Mike Lee (Utah Senate, about $75K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.