Which super PACs did Cliff Asness fund in 2024?

Senate Leadership Fund ($750K), The Sentinel Action Fund ($600K), Americans for Prosperity Action ($500K), SFA Fund ($250K), Tell It Like It Is PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did Cliff Asness's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Nikki Haley (President, about $234K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $198K, won); against Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $152K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Cliff Asness

Individual

Founding and Managing Principal, Aqr Capital Management · New York

8 reported gifts; 7 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Cliff Asness gave $2.4M 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, 65% were on the winning side ($741K won, $395K lost). $437K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.4M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

65%

$1.1M scored (46% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$395K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.3M

$872K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $437K 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 Leadership Fund $227K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$750K	$373K / $150K
The Sentinel Action Fund $413K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600K	$182K / $5K
Americans for Prosperity Action $84K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$181K / $120K
SFA Fund $20K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$0 / $13K
Tell It Like It Is PAC $111K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$0 / $53K
Maryland's Future $6K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$0 / $44K
Wfw Action Fund Inc $11K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$46K	$6K / $10K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$234K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$198K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$152K	✓ Yes
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$100K	✓ Yes
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$95K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$93K	✗ No
Christopher Christie	President (primary)	Supporting	$87K	Unknown
Jon Tester	Montana Senate	Attacking	$72K	✓ Yes
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$69K	Unknown
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$67K	✗ No
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$45K	✓ Yes
Tim Sheehy	Montana Senate	Supporting	$44K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Cliff Asness spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Cliff Asness gave $2.4M 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, 65% were on the winning side ($741K won, $395K lost). $437K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Cliff Asness fund in 2024?: Senate Leadership Fund ($750K), The Sentinel Action Fund ($600K), Americans for Prosperity Action ($500K), SFA Fund ($250K), Tell It Like It Is PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did Cliff Asness's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Nikki Haley (President, about $234K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $198K, won); against Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $152K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.