Which super PACs did Ronald Lauder fund in 2026?

Maga Inc. ($5.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did Ronald Lauder's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?

against James Talarico (Texas Senate, about $318K, lost); for Ken Paxton (Texas Senate, about $80K, lost); for Darline Graham (South Carolina Senate, about $73K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Ronald Lauder

Individual

Self-Employed, Estée Lauder heir · New York

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

Loser

Ronald Lauder gave $5.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2026 federal elections, and 96% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 10% were on the winning side ($63K won, $570K lost, with $19K in races still being counted). $59K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.3M

96% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

10%

$634K scored (12% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$570K

$19K still being counted

Not allocated or result unknown

$4.6M

$4.5M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $59K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the cheques went

A person writing cheques 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 cheque 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 Race not called yet Result not matched

Group	Gave	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Maga Inc. $4.5M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M		$983 / $437K
Security Is Strength PAC $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K		$62K / $133K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
James Talarico	Texas Senate	Attacking	$318K	✗ No
Ken Paxton	Texas Senate	Supporting	$80K	✗ No
Darline Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$73K	✗ No
Annie Andrews	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$67K	✗ No
Darline Graham	South Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$62K	✓ Yes
Ralph Norman	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$28K	Unknown
Mark Lynch	South Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$22K	Unknown
Aftyn Behn	Tennessee 7th District	Attacking	$9K	Unknown
Matt Van Epps	Tennessee 7th District	Supporting	$9K	Counting
Abdul El-Sayed	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$4K	✗ No
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate (special)	Attacking	$3K	✗ No
Don Davis	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$2K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Ronald Lauder spend on the 2026 elections, and did it win?: Ronald Lauder gave $5.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2026 federal elections, and 96% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 10% were on the winning side ($63K won, $570K lost, with $19K in races still being counted). $59K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Ronald Lauder fund in 2026?: Maga Inc. ($5.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did Ronald Lauder's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?: against James Talarico (Texas Senate, about $318K, lost); for Ken Paxton (Texas Senate, about $80K, lost); for Darline Graham (South Carolina Senate, about $73K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.