Which super PACs did John Nau III fund in 2024?

SFA Fund ($700K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($500K), Senate Leadership Fund ($475K), Hispanic Leadership Alliance ($25K), NRSC ($15K).

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

for Nikki Haley (President, about $413K, unknown); against Ron Desantis (President, about $192K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $100K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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John Nau III

Individual

Chairman, Silver Eagle Beverages · Texas

10 reported gifts; 6 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

John Nau III gave $1.7M 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, 60% were on the winning side ($487K won, $326K lost). $625K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.7M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

60%

$813K scored (47% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$326K

Not allocated or result unknown

$907K

$282K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $625K 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
SFA Fund $56K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$700K	$0 / $36K
Congressional Leadership Fund $56K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$247K / $191K
Senate Leadership Fund $144K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$475K	$236K / $95K
Hispanic Leadership Alliance $12K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25K	$4K / $0
NRSC $14K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$15K	$6 / $1K
Leadership for Ohio Fund $810 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K	$0 / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$413K	Unknown
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$192K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$100K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$83K	✓ Yes
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$51K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$36K	✗ No
Jon Tester	Montana Senate	Attacking	$36K	✓ Yes
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Derek Tran	California 45th District	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
Mondaire L. Jones	New York 17th District	Attacking	$22K	✓ Yes
Curtis Hertel	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did John Nau III spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: John Nau III gave $1.7M 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, 60% were on the winning side ($487K won, $326K lost). $625K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did John Nau III fund in 2024?: SFA Fund ($700K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($500K), Senate Leadership Fund ($475K), Hispanic Leadership Alliance ($25K), NRSC ($15K).
Which candidates did John Nau III's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Nikki Haley (President, about $413K, unknown); against Ron Desantis (President, about $192K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $100K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.