Which super PACs did Steven Spielberg fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($1.8M), House Majority PAC ($125K), Planned Parenthood Votes ($125K), DSCC ($37K).

Which candidates did Steven Spielberg's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $232K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $132K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $125K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Steven Spielberg

Individual

Director/Producer, Amblin Partners · California

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

Backed winners

Steven Spielberg gave $2.0M 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, 77% were on the winning side ($727K won, $221K lost). $17K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

77%

$948K scored (47% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$221K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.1M

$1.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $17K 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
Senate Majority PAC $921K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.8M	$617K / $196K
House Majority PAC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$125K	$77K / $22K
Planned Parenthood Votes $94K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$125K	$28K / $2K
DSCC $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$5K / $509

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$232K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$132K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$125K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$101K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$57K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$44K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$44K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$25K	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes
Chuck Morse	New Hampshire Senate (primary)	Attacking	$16K	Unknown
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$15K	✓ Yes
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$13K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Steven Spielberg spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Steven Spielberg gave $2.0M 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, 77% were on the winning side ($727K won, $221K lost). $17K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Steven Spielberg fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($1.8M), House Majority PAC ($125K), Planned Parenthood Votes ($125K), DSCC ($37K).
Which candidates did Steven Spielberg's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $232K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $132K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $125K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.