Which super PACs did Vinod Khosla fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), House Majority PAC ($500K), DSCC ($128K).

Which candidates did Vinod Khosla's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $124K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $78K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $76K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Vinod Khosla

Individual

Venture Capitalist, Khosla Ventures LLC · California

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

Backed winners

Vinod Khosla gave $1.6M 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 ($679K won, $201K lost). $12K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

77%

$880K scored (54% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$201K

Not allocated or result unknown

$748K

$735K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $12K 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 $526K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$353K / $112K
House Majority PAC $102K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$308K / $88K
DSCC $107K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$128K	$19K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$124K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$78K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$76K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$59K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$14K	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$14K	✓ Yes
Cassy Garcia	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Vinod Khosla spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Vinod Khosla gave $1.6M 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 ($679K won, $201K lost). $12K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Vinod Khosla fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), House Majority PAC ($500K), DSCC ($128K).
Which candidates did Vinod Khosla's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $124K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $78K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $76K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.