Which super PACs did Robert Marling Jr. fund in 2024?

Truth and Courage PAC ($1.3M), Club for Growth Action ($500K), MAGA Inc. ($325K), House Freedom Action ($230K).

Which candidates did Robert Marling Jr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Colin Allred (Texas Senate, about $723K, won); against Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $193K, unknown); for Ted Cruz (Texas Senate, about $126K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Robert Marling Jr.

Individual

Chief Executive Officer, Woodforest National Bank · Texas

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

Backed winners

Robert Marling Jr. gave $2.3M 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, 93% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $75K lost). $275K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.3M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

93%

$1.1M scored (48% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$75K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.2M

$928K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $275K 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
Truth and Courage PAC $400K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.3M	$850K / $0
Club for Growth Action $397K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$47K / $29K
MAGA Inc. $61K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$325K	$40K / $0
House Freedom Action $70K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$230K	$89K / $46K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Colin Allred	Texas Senate	Attacking	$723K	✓ Yes
Joseph R Jr Biden	President	Attacking	$193K	Unknown
Ted Cruz	Texas Senate	Supporting	$126K	✓ Yes
Janelle Stelson	Pennsylvania 10th District	Attacking	$41K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$35K	✓ Yes
John J. McGuire III	Virginia 5th District (primary)	Attacking	$30K	✗ No
Scott Perry	Pennsylvania 10th District	Supporting	$20K	✓ Yes
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate (primary)	Supporting	$14K	✓ Yes
Ronald Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$14K	Unknown
Marlin A. Stutzman	Indiana 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$14K	✓ Yes
Mary S. Peltola	Alaska at-large House seat	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes
Matt Dolan	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$12K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Robert Marling Jr. spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Robert Marling Jr. gave $2.3M 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, 93% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $75K lost). $275K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Robert Marling Jr. fund in 2024?: Truth and Courage PAC ($1.3M), Club for Growth Action ($500K), MAGA Inc. ($325K), House Freedom Action ($230K).
Which candidates did Robert Marling Jr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Colin Allred (Texas Senate, about $723K, won); against Joseph R Jr Biden (President, about $193K, unknown); for Ted Cruz (Texas Senate, about $126K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.