Donor

United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Pipe Fitting Industry

Company / nonprofit

Maryland

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

Backed winners

United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Pipe Fitting Industry gave $975K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 68% 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, 71% were on the winning side ($515K won, $213K lost). $97K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$975K

68% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

71%

$728K scored (75% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$213K

Not allocated or result unknown

$247K

$151K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $97K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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
House Majority PAC $107K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$525K		$323K / $92K
Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. $44K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$450K		$192K / $121K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Pipe Fitting Industry's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Pipe Fitting Industry's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District (primary)	Attacking	$82K	✗ No
Brad Finstad	Minnesota 1st District	Supporting	$48K	✓ Yes
Loren Culp	Washington 4th District (primary)	Attacking	$41K	Unknown
Tony Vargas	Nebraska 2nd District	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes
Dan Newhouse	Washington 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$31K	✓ Yes
Alexander X. Mooney	West Virginia 2nd District (primary)	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Mike Simpson	Idaho 2nd District (primary)	Supporting	$29K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$16K	✓ Yes
Cassy Garcia	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$14K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes
Jeremy Shaffer	Pennsylvania 17th District	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Pipe Fitting Industry spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Pipe Fitting Industry gave $975K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 68% 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, 71% were on the winning side ($515K won, $213K lost). $97K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Pipe Fitting Industry fund in 2022?: House Majority PAC ($525K), Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. ($450K).
Which candidates did United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Pipe Fitting Industry's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Karoline Leavitt (New Hampshire 1st District, about $82K, lost); for Brad Finstad (Minnesota 1st District, about $48K, won); against Loren Culp (Washington 4th District, about $41K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.