Which super PACs did Tom Steyer fund in 2024?

House Majority PAC ($2.0M), Nextgen Climate Action Committee ($500K), DCCC ($41K), DSCC ($41K).

Which candidates did Tom Steyer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $160K, lost); against Austin Theriault (Maine 2nd District, about $68K, won); against Tom Barrett (Michigan 7th District, about $59K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Tom Steyer

Individual

Co-Executive Chair, Investor · California

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

Mixed results

Tom Steyer gave $2.6M 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, 49% were on the winning side ($794K won, $837K lost). $46K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

49%

$1.6M scored (63% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$837K

Not allocated or result unknown

$951K

$905K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $46K 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
House Majority PAC $497K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$785K / $671K
Nextgen Climate Action Committee $340K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$0 / $160K
DCCC $33K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$5K / $3K
DSCC $35K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$4K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$160K	✗ No
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$68K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$59K	✗ No
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$58K	✓ Yes
Scott Baugh	California 47th District	Attacking	$57K	✓ Yes
John Duarte	California 13th District	Attacking	$53K	✓ Yes
Ryan E. Mackenzie	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$52K	✗ No
Anthony P. D'Esposito	New York 4th District	Attacking	$52K	✓ Yes
Mike Garcia	California 27th District	Attacking	$52K	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 45th District	Attacking	$50K	✓ Yes
Rob Bresnahan Jr.	Pennsylvania 8th District	Attacking	$48K	✗ No
John James	Michigan 10th District	Attacking	$48K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Tom Steyer spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Tom Steyer gave $2.6M 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, 49% were on the winning side ($794K won, $837K lost). $46K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Tom Steyer fund in 2024?: House Majority PAC ($2.0M), Nextgen Climate Action Committee ($500K), DCCC ($41K), DSCC ($41K).
Which candidates did Tom Steyer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $160K, lost); against Austin Theriault (Maine 2nd District, about $68K, won); against Tom Barrett (Michigan 7th District, about $59K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.