Which super PACs did Robert Walton fund in 2024?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($5.0M), NRSC ($11K), Votevets ($555), DSCC ($100), DCCC ($100).

Which candidates did Robert Walton's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Nikki Haley (President, about $855K, unknown); for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $348K, won); for Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $321K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Robert Walton

Individual

Retired, Retired · Arkansas

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

Mixed results

Robert Walton gave $5.0M 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, 60% were on the winning side ($1.8M won, $1.2M lost). $1.1M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

60%

$3.0M scored (60% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.2M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.0M

$854K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1.1M 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $843K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M	$1.8M / $1.2M
NRSC $10K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$11K	$4 / $783
Votevets $367 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$555	$104 / $54
DSCC $85 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100	$9 / $6
DCCC $79 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100	$11 / $8

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$855K	Unknown
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$348K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$321K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$274K	✗ No
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$257K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$207K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$177K	✓ Yes
Mike Rogers	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$172K	✗ No
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$146K	✗ No
Eric Hovde	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$141K	✗ No
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$115K	✗ No
Tim Sheehy	Montana Senate	Supporting	$112K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Robert Walton spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Robert Walton gave $5.0M 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, 60% were on the winning side ($1.8M won, $1.2M lost). $1.1M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Robert Walton fund in 2024?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($5.0M), NRSC ($11K), Votevets ($555), DSCC ($100), DCCC ($100).
Which candidates did Robert Walton's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Nikki Haley (President, about $855K, unknown); for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $348K, won); for Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $321K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.