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 $252K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $222K, won); against Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $173K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Cliff Asness

Individual

Founding and Managing Principal, Aqr Capital Management · New York

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

Winner

Cliff Asness gave $2.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 89% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 68% ended up on the winning side ($907K won, $432K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$2.4M

89% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

68%

$907K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$432K

Not spent yet

$1.1M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques went

A person writing cheques 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 cheque 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 $151K not spent yet	$750K	$427K / $172K
The Sentinel Action Fund $411K not spent yet	$600K	$184K / $5K
Americans for Prosperity Action $68K not spent yet	$500K	$214K / $125K
SFA Fund	$250K	$76K / $14K
Tell It Like It Is PAC $92K not spent yet	$250K	$0 / $60K
Maryland's Future $4K not spent yet	$50K	$0 / $46K
Wfw Action Fund Inc $9K not spent yet	$46K	$6K / $11K

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	$252K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$222K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$173K	✓ Yes
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$107K	✗ No
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$105K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$102K	✗ No
Christopher Christie	President (primary)	Supporting	$98K	Unknown
Jon Tester	Montana Senate	Attacking	$82K	✓ Yes
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$79K	✗ No
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$75K	✓ Yes
Tim Sheehy	Montana Senate	Supporting	$50K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$49K	✓ 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 89% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 68% ended up on the winning side ($907K won, $432K lost).
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 $252K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $222K, won); against Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $173K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.