Which super PACs did John Childs fund in 2024?

Win It Back PAC ($1.8M), The Sentinel Action Fund ($775K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($750K), Club for Growth Action ($700K), Restoration PAC ($200K).

Which candidates did John Childs's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Ruben Gallego (Arizona Senate, about $504K, lost); against Jacky S. Rosen (Nevada Senate, about $401K, lost); against Colin Allred (Texas Senate, about $359K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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John Childs

Individual

Chairman/CEO, J.W. Childs Associates · Florida

35 gifts to 13 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed

John Childs gave $4.6M 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, 50% ended up on the winning side ($1.6M won, $1.6M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$4.6M

89% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

50%

$1.6M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$1.6M

Not spent yet

$1.4M

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
Win It Back PAC	$1.8M	$574K / $1.2M
The Sentinel Action Fund $531K not spent yet	$775K	$238K / $6K
Congressional Leadership Fund $67K not spent yet	$750K	$385K / $294K
Club for Growth Action $546K not spent yet	$700K	$110K / $43K
Restoration PAC $105K not spent yet	$200K	$74K / $20K
Project Rescue America $26K not spent yet	$150K	$124K / $0
Truth and Courage PAC $30K not spent yet	$100K	$70K / $0
NRSC $66K not spent yet	$83K	$93 / $17K
Maryland's Future $4K not spent yet	$50K	$0 / $46K
Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc.	$25K	$0 / $0
DCCC $331 not spent yet	$1K	$422 / $313
DSCC $466 not spent yet	$790	$198 / $126
NRCC	$108	$31 / $77

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Ruben Gallego	Arizona Senate (primary)	Attacking	$504K	✗ No
Jacky S. Rosen	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$401K	✗ No
Colin Allred	Texas Senate	Attacking	$359K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$210K	✗ No
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell	Florida Senate	Attacking	$124K	✓ Yes
Kamala Harris	President	Attacking	$103K	✓ Yes
Janelle Stelson	Pennsylvania 10th District	Attacking	$99K	✓ Yes
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$86K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$76K	✓ Yes
Dave Min	California 47th District	Attacking	$58K	✗ No
Amish Shah	Arizona 1st District	Attacking	$54K	✓ Yes
Mary S. Peltola	Alaska at-large House seat	Attacking	$49K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did John Childs spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: John Childs gave $4.6M 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, 50% ended up on the winning side ($1.6M won, $1.6M lost).
Which super PACs did John Childs fund in 2024?: Win It Back PAC ($1.8M), The Sentinel Action Fund ($775K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($750K), Club for Growth Action ($700K), Restoration PAC ($200K).
Which candidates did John Childs's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Ruben Gallego (Arizona Senate, about $504K, lost); against Jacky S. Rosen (Nevada Senate, about $401K, lost); against Colin Allred (Texas Senate, about $359K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.