Which super PACs did Annette Simmons fund in 2024?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Truth and Courage PAC ($1.0M).

Which candidates did Annette Simmons's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Colin Allred (Texas Senate, about $578K, won); for Ted Cruz (Texas Senate, about $101K, won); against Derek Tran (California 45th District, about $47K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Annette Simmons

Individual

Co-Founder, Harold Simmons Foundation · Texas

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

Backed winners

Annette Simmons gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% 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, 75% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $382K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

75%

$1.6M scored (78% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$382K

Not allocated or result unknown

$443K

$432K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $11K 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
Congressional Leadership Fund $112K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$495K / $382K
Truth and Courage PAC $320K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$680K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Colin Allred	Texas Senate	Attacking	$578K	✓ Yes
Ted Cruz	Texas Senate	Supporting	$101K	✓ Yes
Derek Tran	California 45th District	Attacking	$47K	✗ No
Mondaire L. Jones	New York 17th District	Attacking	$44K	✓ Yes
Curtis Hertel	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$41K	✓ Yes
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$39K	✓ Yes
George Whitesides	California 27th District	Attacking	$37K	✗ No
Don Davis	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$36K	✗ No
Will Rollins	California 41st District	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes
Josh Riley	New York 19th District	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Amish Shah	Arizona 1st District	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes
Rudy Salas	California 22nd District	Attacking	$29K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Annette Simmons spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Annette Simmons gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% 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, 75% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $382K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Annette Simmons fund in 2024?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Truth and Courage PAC ($1.0M).
Which candidates did Annette Simmons's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Colin Allred (Texas Senate, about $578K, won); for Ted Cruz (Texas Senate, about $101K, won); against Derek Tran (California 45th District, about $47K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.