Which super PACs did Amos Hostetter fund in 2024?

House Majority PAC ($1.1M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Lcv Victory Fund ($500K), Unite the Country ($500K), Blackpac ($500K).

Which candidates did Amos Hostetter's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $1.6M, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $217K, lost); for Joseph Biden (President, about $114K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Amos Hostetter

Individual

Chairman, Pilot House Associates (cable fortune) · Massachusetts

16 gifts to 12 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Loser

Amos Hostetter gave $4.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 26% ended up on the winning side ($891K won, $2.5M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$4.6M

99% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

26%

$891K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$2.5M

Not spent yet

$1.2M

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
House Majority PAC $213K not spent yet	$1.1M	$463K / $396K
Future Forward (FF PAC) $111K not spent yet	$1.0M	$0 / $888K
Lcv Victory Fund $249K not spent yet	$500K	$105K / $141K
Unite the Country $104K not spent yet	$500K	$0 / $305K
Blackpac	$500K	$57K / $420K
Votevets $159K not spent yet	$400K	$140K / $70K
Ab PAC $96K not spent yet	$250K	$0 / $154K
Edf Action Votes $48K not spent yet	$125K	$42K / $34K
Women Vote	$100K	$49K / $47K
With Honor Fund II, Inc. $36K not spent yet	$60K	$23K / $0
DSCC $24K not spent yet	$41K	$10K / $7K
Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund $4K not spent yet	$25K	$0 / $21K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$1.6M	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$217K	✗ No
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$114K	Unknown
Ruben Gallego	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$70K	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 45th District	Attacking	$57K	✓ Yes
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$57K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$50K	✗ No
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$50K	✗ No
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$40K	✓ Yes
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$40K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Derrick Van Orden	Wisconsin 3rd District	Attacking	$34K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Amos Hostetter spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Amos Hostetter gave $4.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 26% ended up on the winning side ($891K won, $2.5M lost).
Which super PACs did Amos Hostetter fund in 2024?: House Majority PAC ($1.1M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Lcv Victory Fund ($500K), Unite the Country ($500K), Blackpac ($500K).
Which candidates did Amos Hostetter's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $1.6M, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $217K, lost); for Joseph Biden (President, about $114K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.