Which super PACs did Marsha Laufer fund in 2024?

House Majority PAC ($1.1M), Women Vote ($700K), DSCC ($83K), DCCC ($37K), Unite the Country ($25K).

Which candidates did Marsha Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $162K, lost); against Larry Hogan (Maryland Senate, about $116K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $111K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Marsha Laufer

Individual

Retired · Florida

14 reported gifts; 8 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Marsha Laufer gave $2.0M 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, 50% were on the winning side ($694K won, $688K lost). $108K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

50%

$1.4M scored (68% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$688K

Not allocated or result unknown

$657K

$549K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $108K 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
House Majority PAC $286K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.1M	$452K / $386K
Women Vote $133K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$700K	$224K / $266K
DSCC $70K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$83K	$8K / $5K
DCCC $29K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$4K / $3K
Unite the Country $13K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25K	$0 / $10K
Welcomepac $7K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25K	$6K / $12K
Priorities USA Action $8K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$10K	$0 / $2K
Jdca PAC $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$10K	$913 / $4K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$162K	✗ No
Larry Hogan	Maryland Senate	Attacking	$116K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$111K	✗ No
Eric Hovde	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$62K	✓ Yes
David Trone	Maryland Senate (primary)	Attacking	$55K	Unknown
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$39K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$34K	✗ No
Ryan E. Mackenzie	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$34K	✗ No
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$33K	✓ Yes
Scott Baugh	California 47th District	Attacking	$33K	✓ Yes
John Duarte	California 13th District	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes
Anthony P. D'Esposito	New York 4th District	Attacking	$30K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Marsha Laufer spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Marsha Laufer gave $2.0M 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, 50% were on the winning side ($694K won, $688K lost). $108K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Marsha Laufer fund in 2024?: House Majority PAC ($1.1M), Women Vote ($700K), DSCC ($83K), DCCC ($37K), Unite the Country ($25K).
Which candidates did Marsha Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $162K, lost); against Larry Hogan (Maryland Senate, about $116K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $111K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.