Which super PACs did Virginia James fund in 2024?

Club for Growth Action ($2.2M), Women Speak Out PAC ($200K).

Which candidates did Virginia James's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $63K, won); against Mary S. Peltola (Alaska at-large House seat, about $57K, won); against Matt Dolan (Ohio Senate, about $53K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Virginia James

Individual

Retired, Self-Employed · New Jersey

5 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Virginia James gave $2.4M 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, 68% were on the winning side ($303K won, $143K lost). $115K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.4M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

68%

$446K scored (18% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$143K

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.0M

$1.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $115K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Club for Growth Action $1.8M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.2M		$211K / $130K
Women Speak Out PAC $94K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K		$92K / $13K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate (primary)	Supporting	$63K	✓ Yes
Mary S. Peltola	Alaska at-large House seat	Attacking	$57K	✓ Yes
Matt Dolan	Ohio Senate (primary)	Attacking	$53K	Unknown
Jim Justice	West Virginia Senate (primary)	Attacking	$52K	✗ No
Dave Min	California 47th District	Attacking	$52K	✗ No
Kamala Harris	President	Attacking	$39K	✓ Yes
Bob Onder	Missouri 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$31K	✓ Yes
Bradley Mark Walker	North Carolina 6th District (primary)	Attacking	$30K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$22K	✓ Yes
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$13K	✓ Yes
Catherine Templeton	South Carolina 1st District (primary)	Attacking	$13K	Unknown
Brandon Gill	Texas 26th District (primary)	Supporting	$12K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Virginia James spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Virginia James gave $2.4M 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, 68% were on the winning side ($303K won, $143K lost). $115K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Virginia James fund in 2024?: Club for Growth Action ($2.2M), Women Speak Out PAC ($200K).
Which candidates did Virginia James's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $63K, won); against Mary S. Peltola (Alaska at-large House seat, about $57K, won); against Matt Dolan (Ohio Senate, about $53K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.