Which super PACs did Richard Colburn fund in 2024?

Senate Leadership Fund ($800K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($300K), Committed to America PAC ($300K), Wfw Action Fund Inc ($250K), NRSC ($42K).

Which candidates did Richard Colburn's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Michael Pence (President, about $172K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $168K, won); against Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $140K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Richard Colburn

Individual

Vice President, Payroll & Insurance Group Inc. · Illinois

38 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Richard Colburn gave $1.7M 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, 63% were on the winning side ($577K won, $334K lost). $277K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.7M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

63%

$911K scored (54% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$334K

Not allocated or result unknown

$781K

$505K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $277K 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
Senate Leadership Fund $242K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$800K	$398K / $160K
Congressional Leadership Fund $34K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$148K / $115K
Committed to America PAC $128K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$0 / $0
Wfw Action Fund Inc $61K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$31K / $56K
NRSC $39K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$42K	$16 / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Michael Pence	President (primary)	Supporting	$172K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$168K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$140K	✓ Yes
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$87K	✗ No
Jon Tester	Montana Senate	Attacking	$61K	✓ Yes
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$59K	✗ No
Christina Bohannan	Iowa 1st District	Attacking	$33K	✓ Yes
Wendy Davis	Indiana 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$28K	Unknown
Catherine Templeton	South Carolina 1st District (primary)	Supporting	$26K	Unknown
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$18K	✓ Yes
Mazi Pilip	New York 3rd District	Supporting	$17K	Unknown
Marlin A. Stutzman	Indiana 3rd District (primary)	Attacking	$16K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Richard Colburn spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Richard Colburn gave $1.7M 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, 63% were on the winning side ($577K won, $334K lost). $277K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Richard Colburn fund in 2024?: Senate Leadership Fund ($800K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($300K), Committed to America PAC ($300K), Wfw Action Fund Inc ($250K), NRSC ($42K).
Which candidates did Richard Colburn's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Michael Pence (President, about $172K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $168K, won); against Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $140K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.