Which candidates did Kelly Roberts's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?

against James Talarico (Texas Senate, about $64K, lost); for Ken Paxton (Texas Senate, about $16K, lost); against Aftyn Behn (Tennessee 7th District, about $2K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Kelly Roberts

Individual

Owner, COO, Vice Chairman of the Board, Entrepreneurial Corporate Group · California

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

Loser

Kelly Roberts gave $1.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2026 federal elections, and 100% 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, 0% were on the winning side ($197 won, $87K lost, with $4K in races still being counted). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$88K scored (9% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$87K

$4K still being counted

Not allocated or result unknown

$911K

$910K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $2K 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. $907K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$197 / $87K
NRSC $3K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3K		$0 / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
James Talarico	Texas Senate	Attacking	$64K	✗ No
Ken Paxton	Texas Senate	Supporting	$16K	✗ No
Aftyn Behn	Tennessee 7th District	Attacking	$2K	Unknown
Matt Van Epps	Tennessee 7th District	Supporting	$2K	Counting
Darline Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$2K	✗ No
Abdul El-Sayed	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$748	✗ No
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate (special)	Attacking	$508	✗ No
Don Davis	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$423	✗ No
Josh Turek	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$406	✗ No
Shannon Taylor	Virginia 1st District	Attacking	$252	Counting
Tom Perriello	Virginia 5th District	Attacking	$233	Counting
Matthew Dunlap	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$222	Counting

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

Questions people ask

How much did Kelly Roberts spend on the 2026 elections, and did it win?: Kelly Roberts gave $1.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2026 federal elections, and 100% 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, 0% were on the winning side ($197 won, $87K lost, with $4K in races still being counted). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Kelly Roberts fund in 2026?: Maga Inc. ($1.0M), NRSC ($3K).
Which candidates did Kelly Roberts's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?: against James Talarico (Texas Senate, about $64K, lost); for Ken Paxton (Texas Senate, about $16K, lost); against Aftyn Behn (Tennessee 7th District, about $2K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.