Which super PACs did James Pope fund in 2024?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.2M), SFA Fund ($600K), Committed to America PAC ($500K), Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. ($200K), NRSC ($42K).

Which candidates did James Pope's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Nikki Haley (President, about $559K, unknown); for Michael Pence (President, about $286K, unknown); against Ron Desantis (President, about $165K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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James Pope

Individual

Retailer, Variety Wholesalers Inc. · North Carolina

15 reported gifts; 9 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Limited result coverage

James Pope gave $2.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 99% 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, 55% were on the winning side ($468K won, $379K lost). $1.1M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.5M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

55%

$846K scored (33% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$379K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.7M

$570K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1.1M 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $202K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.2M	$434K / $289K
SFA Fund $48K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600K	$0 / $31K
Committed to America PAC $214K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$0 / $0
Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. $66K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K	$33K / $56K
NRSC $39K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$42K	$16 / $3K
Red Senate $287 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1K	$585 / $128
Senate Conservatives Fund $155 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$240	$64 / $16
NRCC $160 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200	$12 / $28
Americans for Constitutional Liberty Dba the Conservative Caucus	$200	$193 / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$559K	Unknown
Michael Pence	President (primary)	Supporting	$286K	Unknown
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$165K	Unknown
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$97K	✗ No
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$84K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$77K	✓ Yes
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$64K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$50K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$42K	✓ Yes
Mike Rogers	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$41K	✗ No
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$36K	✗ No
Eric Hovde	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$34K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did James Pope spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: James Pope gave $2.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 99% 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, 55% were on the winning side ($468K won, $379K lost). $1.1M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did James Pope fund in 2024?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.2M), SFA Fund ($600K), Committed to America PAC ($500K), Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. ($200K), NRSC ($42K).
Which candidates did James Pope's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Nikki Haley (President, about $559K, unknown); for Michael Pence (President, about $286K, unknown); against Ron Desantis (President, about $165K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.