Which super PACs did Phil Ruffin fund in 2024?

MAGA Inc. ($2.0M), Club for Growth Action ($25K).

Which candidates did Phil Ruffin's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $1.2M, unknown); for Donald Trump (President, about $207K, won); against Ronald Desantis (President, about $86K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Phil Ruffin

Individual

Entrepreneur, Self-Employed · Nevada

3 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Limited result coverage

Phil Ruffin gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% 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, 99% were on the winning side ($251K won, $1K lost). $1.4M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

99%

$252K scored (12% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.8M

$398K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1.4M 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
MAGA Inc. $378K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M		$248K / $0
Club for Growth Action $20K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25K		$2K / $1K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joseph R Jr Biden	President	Attacking	$1.2M	Unknown
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$207K	✓ Yes
Ronald Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$86K	Unknown
Joseph R Jr Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$46K	Unknown
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Attacking	$43K	Unknown
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Supporting	$42K	✓ Yes
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$13K	Unknown
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate (primary)	Supporting	$713	✓ Yes
Mary S. Peltola	Alaska at-large House seat	Attacking	$638	✓ Yes
Matt Dolan	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$591	Unknown
Jim Justice	West Virginia Senate (primary)	Attacking	$585	✗ No
Dave Min	California 47th District	Attacking	$585	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Phil Ruffin spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Phil Ruffin gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% 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, 99% were on the winning side ($251K won, $1K lost). $1.4M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Phil Ruffin fund in 2024?: MAGA Inc. ($2.0M), Club for Growth Action ($25K).
Which candidates did Phil Ruffin's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $1.2M, unknown); for Donald Trump (President, about $207K, won); against Ronald Desantis (President, about $86K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.