Which super PACs did Strong Leaders Fund fund in 2022?

Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. ($620K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($400K).

Which candidates did Strong Leaders Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Karoline Leavitt (New Hampshire 1st District, about $113K, lost); for Brad Finstad (Minnesota 1st District, about $66K, won); against Loren Culp (Washington 4th District, about $57K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Strong Leaders Fund

Another PAC

Virginia

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

Mixed results

Strong Leaders Fund gave $1.0M 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, 51% were on the winning side ($395K won, $377K lost). $136K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

51%

$771K scored (76% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$377K

Not allocated or result unknown

$249K

$112K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $136K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

Another political committee passing money along. The original donor is one step upstream. 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
Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. $60K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$620K		$265K / $166K
Congressional Leadership Fund $52K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400K		$130K / $210K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District (primary)	Attacking	$113K	✗ No
Brad Finstad	Minnesota 1st District	Supporting	$66K	✓ Yes
Loren Culp	Washington 4th District (primary)	Attacking	$57K	Unknown
Tony Vargas	Nebraska 2nd District	Attacking	$47K	✓ Yes
Dan Newhouse	Washington 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$43K	✓ Yes
Alexander X. Mooney	West Virginia 2nd District (primary)	Attacking	$43K	✗ No
Mike Simpson	Idaho 2nd District (primary)	Supporting	$41K	✓ Yes
Mike Levin	California 49th District	Attacking	$19K	✗ No
Rudy Salas	California 22nd District	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes
Theresa Gavarone	Ohio 9th District (primary)	Supporting	$17K	Unknown
Susie Lee	Nevada 3rd District	Attacking	$17K	✗ No
Jamie McLeod-Skinner	Oregon 5th District	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes

Another PAC as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Strong Leaders Fund spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Strong Leaders Fund gave $1.0M 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, 51% were on the winning side ($395K won, $377K lost). $136K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Strong Leaders Fund fund in 2022?: Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. ($620K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($400K).
Which candidates did Strong Leaders Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Karoline Leavitt (New Hampshire 1st District, about $113K, lost); for Brad Finstad (Minnesota 1st District, about $66K, won); against Loren Culp (Washington 4th District, about $57K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.