Which super PACs did Richard Uihlein fund in 2024?

Restoration PAC ($80M), Club for Growth Action ($22M), MAGA Inc. ($5.0M), Leadership for Ohio Fund ($3.0M), School Freedom Fund ($2.0M).

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

against Kamala Harris (President, about $28M, won); against Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin Senate, about $3.9M, lost); against Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $3.0M, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Richard Uihlein

Individual

CEO, Uline · Illinois

45 reported gifts; 7 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Richard Uihlein gave $114M 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, 76% were on the winning side ($32M won, $10M lost). $6.6M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$114M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

76%

$42M scored (37% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$10M

Not allocated or result unknown

$72M

$65M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $6.6M 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
Restoration PAC $43M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$80M	$29M / $8.0M
Club for Growth Action $18M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$22M	$2.1M / $1.3M
MAGA Inc. $944K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M	$621K / $0
Leadership for Ohio Fund $486K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M	$0 / $1.0M
School Freedom Fund $1.8M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$126K / $0
Never Back Down $1.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M	$0 / $5K
House Freedom Fund $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K	$679 / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Attacking	$28M	✓ Yes
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$3.9M	✗ No
Joseph R Jr Biden	President	Attacking	$3.0M	Unknown
Jared Forrest Golden	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$2.7M	✗ No
Frank Larose	Ohio Senate (primary)	Supporting	$1.5M	Unknown
Kamala Harris	President (primary)	Attacking	$1.3M	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$1.3M	✓ Yes
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$1.0M	✗ No
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate (primary)	Supporting	$638K	✓ Yes
Mary S. Peltola	Alaska at-large House seat	Attacking	$571K	✓ Yes
Matt Dolan	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$529K	Unknown
Jim Justice	West Virginia Senate (primary)	Attacking	$524K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Richard Uihlein spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Richard Uihlein gave $114M 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, 76% were on the winning side ($32M won, $10M lost). $6.6M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Richard Uihlein fund in 2024?: Restoration PAC ($80M), Club for Growth Action ($22M), MAGA Inc. ($5.0M), Leadership for Ohio Fund ($3.0M), School Freedom Fund ($2.0M).
Which candidates did Richard Uihlein's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Kamala Harris (President, about $28M, won); against Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin Senate, about $3.9M, lost); against Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $3.0M, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.