Which super PACs did Virginia James fund in 2022?

Club for Growth Action ($5.9M), Women Speak Out PAC ($1.0M), School Freedom Fund ($1.0M).

Which candidates did Virginia James's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $837K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $510K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $455K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Virginia James

Individual

Retired, N.a. · New Jersey

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

Mixed results

Virginia James gave $8.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 95% 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, 39% were on the winning side ($1.6M won, $2.5M lost). $1.6M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$8.0M

95% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

39%

$4.1M scored (51% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.5M

Not allocated or result unknown

$3.9M

$2.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1.6M 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
Club for Growth Action $1.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.9M	$1.3M / $2.1M
Women Speak Out PAC $548K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$154K / $331K
School Freedom Fund $416K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$165K / $39K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$837K	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$510K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$455K	✓ Yes
JD Vance	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$340K	✗ No
Patrick Lloyd Mccrory	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$327K	Unknown
Evan McMullin	Utah Senate	Attacking	$253K	✓ Yes
Katie Britt	Alabama Senate (primary)	Attacking	$173K	✗ No
Mo Brooks	Alabama Senate (primary)	Supporting	$153K	Unknown
Katie Porter	California 47th District	Attacking	$150K	✗ No
Kathy Barnette	Pennsylvania Senate (primary)	Supporting	$149K	Unknown
Jane Timken	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$111K	Unknown
Mary Miller	Illinois 15th District (primary)	Supporting	$108K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Virginia James spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Virginia James gave $8.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 95% 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, 39% were on the winning side ($1.6M won, $2.5M lost). $1.6M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Virginia James fund in 2022?: Club for Growth Action ($5.9M), Women Speak Out PAC ($1.0M), School Freedom Fund ($1.0M).
Which candidates did Virginia James's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $837K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $510K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $455K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.