Which candidates did Katrina Schaffer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $193K, lost); for Sue Altman (New Jersey 7th District, about $39K, lost); for Cori Bush (Missouri 1st District, about $35K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Katrina Schaffer

Individual

Sign Language Interpretation, Self Employed · California

4 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Katrina Schaffer gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 7% were on the winning side ($22K won, $271K lost). $77K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.3M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

$293K scored (22% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$271K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.0M

$945K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $77K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Wfp National PAC $945K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.3M		$22K / $271K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$193K	✗ No
Sue Altman	New Jersey 7th District	Supporting	$39K	✗ No
Cori Bush	Missouri 1st District (primary)	Supporting	$35K	Unknown
George S. Latimer	New York 16th District (primary)	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Summer Lee	Pennsylvania 12th District (primary)	Supporting	$17K	✓ Yes
Jamaal Bowman	New York 16th District (primary)	Supporting	$15K	Unknown
Raquel Teran	Arizona 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$15K	Unknown
Aaron Regunberg	Rhode Island 1st District	Supporting	$7K	Unknown
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$6K	✗ No
Aaron Regunberg	Rhode Island 1st District (primary)	Supporting	$5K	Unknown
Rudy Salas	California 22nd District	Supporting	$2K	✗ No
Yaasamin Ansari	Arizona 3rd District (primary)	Attacking	$2K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Katrina Schaffer spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Katrina Schaffer gave $1.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 7% were on the winning side ($22K won, $271K lost). $77K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Katrina Schaffer fund in 2024?: Wfp National PAC ($1.3M).
Which candidates did Katrina Schaffer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $193K, lost); for Sue Altman (New Jersey 7th District, about $39K, lost); for Cori Bush (Missouri 1st District, about $35K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.