Which super PACs did Dean Buntrock fund in 2024?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($3.3M), Turning Point PAC ($35K).

Which candidates did Dean Buntrock's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Nikki Haley (President, about $556K, unknown); for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $226K, won); for Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $209K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Dean Buntrock

Individual

Retired, Retired · Illinois

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

Mixed results

Dean Buntrock gave $3.3M 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, 60% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $782K lost). $744K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.3M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

60%

$2.0M scored (60% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$782K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.3M

$577K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $744K 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $548K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.3M		$1.2M / $782K
Turning Point PAC $29K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$35K		$6K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$556K	Unknown
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$226K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$209K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$178K	✗ No
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$167K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$135K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$115K	✓ Yes
Mike Rogers	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$112K	✗ No
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$94K	✗ No
Eric Hovde	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$92K	✗ No
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$74K	✗ No
Tim Sheehy	Montana Senate	Supporting	$73K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Dean Buntrock spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Dean Buntrock gave $3.3M 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, 60% were on the winning side ($1.2M won, $782K lost). $744K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Dean Buntrock fund in 2024?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($3.3M), Turning Point PAC ($35K).
Which candidates did Dean Buntrock's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Nikki Haley (President, about $556K, unknown); for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $226K, won); for Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $209K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.