Which super PACs did Ann Johnson fund in 2024?

Never Back Down ($1.0M), The Sentinel Action Fund ($250K), NRSC ($27K), The Lincoln Project ($2K), NRCC ($1K).

Which candidates did Ann Johnson's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Ron Desantis (President, about $222K, unknown); against Nikki Haley (President, about $34K, unknown); for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $20K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Ann Johnson

Individual

Retired, Retired · Florida

257 reported gifts; 10 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Limited result coverage

Ann Johnson gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 91% were on the winning side ($76K won, $8K lost). $256K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.3M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

91%

$84K scored (7% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$8K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.2M

$943K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $256K 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
Never Back Down $741K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$0 / $3K
The Sentinel Action Fund $172K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$76K / $2K
NRSC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$27K	$10 / $2K
The Lincoln Project $1K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2K	$0 / $316
NRCC $1K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$81 / $198
DCCC $1K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$159 / $118
DSCC $871 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$97 / $62
Bluewaveamerica $219 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$280	$1 / $51
Votevets $165 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250	$47 / $25
Moveon.Org Political Action $195 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$205	$0 / $2

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Supporting	$222K	Unknown
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Attacking	$34K	Unknown
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$20K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$16K	✓ Yes
Tim Sheehy	Montana Senate	Supporting	$14K	✓ Yes
Kamala Harris	President	Attacking	$8K	✓ Yes
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$8K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$6K	✓ Yes
Jon Tester	Montana Senate	Attacking	$3K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$3K	✗ No
Sam Brown	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$2K	✗ No
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$1K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Ann Johnson spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Ann Johnson gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 91% were on the winning side ($76K won, $8K lost). $256K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Ann Johnson fund in 2024?: Never Back Down ($1.0M), The Sentinel Action Fund ($250K), NRSC ($27K), The Lincoln Project ($2K), NRCC ($1K).
Which candidates did Ann Johnson's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Ron Desantis (President, about $222K, unknown); against Nikki Haley (President, about $34K, unknown); for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $20K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.