Which super PACs did Elizabeth Stern fund in 2024?

Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), SFA Fund ($225K), Wfw Action Fund Inc ($100K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($100K), NRCC ($20K).

Which candidates did Elizabeth Stern's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $218K, won); against Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $180K, won); for Nikki Haley (President, about $135K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Elizabeth Stern

Individual

Retired, Retired · New York

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

Backed winners

Elizabeth Stern gave $1.5M 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, 67% were on the winning side ($577K won, $284K lost). $237K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.5M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

67%

$861K scored (57% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$284K

Not allocated or result unknown

$638K

$401K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $237K 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 $313K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$514K / $207K
SFA Fund $18K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$225K	$0 / $12K
Wfw Action Fund Inc $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$12K / $22K
Congressional Leadership Fund $11K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$49K / $38K
NRCC $16K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$20K	$1K / $3K
NRSC $19K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$20K	$8 / $1K
DSCC $42 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50	$5 / $3
DCCC $20 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25	$3 / $2

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$218K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$180K	✓ Yes
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$135K	Unknown
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$111K	✗ No
Jon Tester	Montana Senate	Attacking	$79K	✓ Yes
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$76K	✗ No
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$62K	Unknown
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$24K	✓ Yes
Christina Bohannan	Iowa 1st District	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$12K	✗ No
Wendy Davis	Indiana 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$11K	Unknown
Jacky S. Rosen	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$11K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Elizabeth Stern spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Elizabeth Stern gave $1.5M 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, 67% were on the winning side ($577K won, $284K lost). $237K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Elizabeth Stern fund in 2024?: Senate Leadership Fund ($1.0M), SFA Fund ($225K), Wfw Action Fund Inc ($100K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($100K), NRCC ($20K).
Which candidates did Elizabeth Stern's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $218K, won); against Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $180K, won); for Nikki Haley (President, about $135K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.