Which super PACs did David Lippe fund in 2024?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.2M), House Majority PAC ($2.2M), Unite the Country ($1.0M), DSCC ($41K), DCCC ($41K).

Which candidates did David Lippe's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $2.3M, lost); for Joseph Biden (President, about $116K, unknown); against Austin Theriault (Maine 2nd District, about $75K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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David Lippe

Individual

Researcher, Renaissance Technologies · New York

7 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

David Lippe gave $5.5M 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, 22% were on the winning side ($866K won, $3.1M lost). $169K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

22%

$3.9M scored (72% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$3.1M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.5M

$1.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $169K 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
Future Forward (FF PAC) $245K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.2M	$0 / $2.0M
House Majority PAC $543K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.2M	$858K / $733K
Unite the Country $500K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$0 / $384K
DSCC $35K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$4K / $2K
DCCC $33K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$5K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$2.3M	✗ No
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$116K	Unknown
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$75K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$65K	✗ No
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$63K	✓ Yes
Scott Baugh	California 47th District	Attacking	$62K	✓ Yes
John Duarte	California 13th District	Attacking	$58K	✓ Yes
Ryan E. Mackenzie	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$57K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 27th District	Attacking	$56K	✓ Yes
Anthony P. D'Esposito	New York 4th District	Attacking	$56K	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 45th District	Attacking	$54K	✓ Yes
Rob Bresnahan Jr.	Pennsylvania 8th District	Attacking	$53K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did David Lippe spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: David Lippe gave $5.5M 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, 22% were on the winning side ($866K won, $3.1M lost). $169K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did David Lippe fund in 2024?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.2M), House Majority PAC ($2.2M), Unite the Country ($1.0M), DSCC ($41K), DCCC ($41K).
Which candidates did David Lippe's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $2.3M, lost); for Joseph Biden (President, about $116K, unknown); against Austin Theriault (Maine 2nd District, about $75K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.