Which candidates did Amy Rao's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Josh Riley (New York 19th District, about $327K, won); for Susan Wild (Pennsylvania 7th District, about $242K, lost); for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington 3rd District, about $150K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Amy Rao

Individual

Executive, Integrated Archive Systems, Inc. · California

1 reported gift; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Amy Rao gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 42% were on the winning side ($504K won, $684K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

42%

$1.2M scored (59% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$684K

Not allocated or result unknown

$812K

$812K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Project 218 $812K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M		$504K / $684K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Josh Riley	New York 19th District	Supporting	$327K	✓ Yes
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Supporting	$242K	✗ No
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	Washington 3rd District	Supporting	$150K	✓ Yes
Kirsten Engel	Arizona 6th District	Supporting	$108K	✗ No
Amish Shah	Arizona 1st District	Supporting	$108K	✗ No
Lanon Baccam	Iowa 3rd District	Supporting	$70K	✗ No
Rebecca Cooke	Wisconsin 3rd District	Supporting	$64K	✗ No
Adam Frisch	Colorado 3rd District	Supporting	$53K	✗ No
Christina Bohannan	Iowa 1st District	Supporting	$22K	✗ No
Sean Casten	Illinois 6th District	Supporting	$7K	✓ Yes
Bill Foster	Illinois 11th District	Supporting	$7K	✓ Yes
Emily Randall	Washington 6th District	Supporting	$7K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Amy Rao spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Amy Rao gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 42% were on the winning side ($504K won, $684K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Amy Rao fund in 2024?: Project 218 ($2.0M).
Which candidates did Amy Rao's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Josh Riley (New York 19th District, about $327K, won); for Susan Wild (Pennsylvania 7th District, about $242K, lost); for Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington 3rd District, about $150K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.