Which super PACs did Rory John Gates fund in 2024?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($3.0M), Project 218 ($500K), Welcomepac ($125K).

Which candidates did Rory John Gates's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $2.7M, lost); for Josh Riley (New York 19th District, about $82K, won); for Susan Wild (Pennsylvania 7th District, about $60K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Rory John Gates

Individual

Analyst, Afghanistan War Commission · Washington

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

Backed losers

Rory John Gates gave $3.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 5% were on the winning side ($157K won, $2.9M lost). $4K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

$3.0M scored (84% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.9M

Not allocated or result unknown

$576K

$572K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $4K 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
Future Forward (FF PAC) $334K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M	$0 / $2.7M
Project 218 $203K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$126K / $171K
Welcomepac $35K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$125K	$30K / $59K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$2.7M	✗ No
Josh Riley	New York 19th District	Supporting	$82K	✓ Yes
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Supporting	$60K	✗ No
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	Washington 3rd District	Supporting	$42K	✓ Yes
Kirsten Engel	Arizona 6th District	Supporting	$27K	✗ No
Amish Shah	Arizona 1st District	Supporting	$27K	✗ No
Rebecca Cooke	Wisconsin 3rd District	Supporting	$23K	✗ No
John P. Avlon	New York 1st District (primary)	Supporting	$22K	✓ Yes
Lanon Baccam	Iowa 3rd District	Supporting	$17K	✗ No
Nicholas J. LaLota	New York 1st District	Attacking	$17K	✗ No
Adam Frisch	Colorado 3rd District	Supporting	$15K	✗ No
Whitney Fox	Florida 13th District	Supporting	$12K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Rory John Gates spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Rory John Gates gave $3.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 5% were on the winning side ($157K won, $2.9M lost). $4K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Rory John Gates fund in 2024?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($3.0M), Project 218 ($500K), Welcomepac ($125K).
Which candidates did Rory John Gates's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $2.7M, lost); for Josh Riley (New York 19th District, about $82K, won); for Susan Wild (Pennsylvania 7th District, about $60K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.