Which super PACs did Wayne Laufer fund in 2024?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($2.6M).

Which candidates did Wayne Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Nikki Haley (President, about $445K, unknown); for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $181K, won); for Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $167K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Wayne Laufer

Individual

Retired, Retired · Florida

4 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Wayne Laufer gave $2.6M 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 ($941K won, $625K lost). $595K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.6M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

60%

$1.6M scored (60% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$625K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.0M

$439K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $595K 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $439K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.6M		$941K / $625K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$445K	Unknown
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$181K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$167K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$142K	✗ No
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$134K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$108K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$92K	✓ Yes
Mike Rogers	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$89K	✗ No
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$75K	✗ No
Eric Hovde	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$73K	✗ No
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$60K	✗ No
Tim Sheehy	Montana Senate	Supporting	$58K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Wayne Laufer spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Wayne Laufer gave $2.6M 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 ($941K won, $625K lost). $595K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Wayne Laufer fund in 2024?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($2.6M).
Which candidates did Wayne Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Nikki Haley (President, about $445K, unknown); for Bernard F. Moreno (Ohio Senate, about $181K, won); for Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $167K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.