Which super PACs did Occidental Petroleum Corp fund in 2026?

Senate Leadership Fund ($2.3M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($2.2M), Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter PAC ($250K), Accountability Project Inc ($100K).

Which candidates did Occidental Petroleum Corp's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?

against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate (special), about $379K, lost); against Josh Turek (Iowa Senate, about $199K, lost); against Abdul El-Sayed (Michigan Senate, about $188K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Occidental Petroleum Corp

Company / nonprofit

Texas

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

Loser

Occidental Petroleum Corp gave $4.8M 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, 6% were on the winning side ($206K won, $3.0M lost, with $423K in races still being counted). $9K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$4.8M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$3.2M scored (67% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$3.0M

$423K still being counted

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.2M

$1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $9K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the cheques went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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	Won / lost
Senate Leadership Fund $812K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.3M	$55K / $1.3M
Congressional Leadership Fund $333K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.2M	$5K / $1.7M
Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter PAC $15K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$46K / $63K
Accountability Project Inc	$100K	$100K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate (special)	Attacking	$379K	✗ No
Josh Turek	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$199K	✗ No
Abdul El-Sayed	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$188K	✗ No
Troy Jackson	Maine Senate	Attacking	$155K	✗ No
Christina Hines	Michigan 10th District	Attacking	$126K	✗ No
Roy Cooper	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$123K	✗ No
Don Davis	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$108K	✗ No
William Lawrence	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$101K	✗ No
Cait Conley	New York 17th District	Attacking	$95K	✗ No
Randy Villegas	California 22nd District	Attacking	$83K	✗ No
Amish Shah	Arizona 1st District	Attacking	$78K	Counting
Bob Brooks	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$73K	✗ No

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Occidental Petroleum Corp spend on the 2026 elections, and did it win?: Occidental Petroleum Corp gave $4.8M 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, 6% were on the winning side ($206K won, $3.0M lost, with $423K in races still being counted). $9K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Occidental Petroleum Corp fund in 2026?: Senate Leadership Fund ($2.3M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($2.2M), Thank You for Your Attention to This Matter PAC ($250K), Accountability Project Inc ($100K).
Which candidates did Occidental Petroleum Corp's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?: against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate (special), about $379K, lost); against Josh Turek (Iowa Senate, about $199K, lost); against Abdul El-Sayed (Michigan Senate, about $188K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.