Which candidates did Unite Here PAC's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?

for Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate (special), about $121K, won); for Roy Cooper (North Carolina Senate, about $100K, won); for Abdul El-Sayed (Michigan Senate, about $48K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Unite Here PAC

Another PAC

New York

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

Winner

Unite Here PAC gave $1.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2026 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 100% were on the winning side ($331K won, $0 lost, with $43K in races still being counted). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

100%

$331K scored (22% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$43K still being counted

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.1M

$1.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $2K has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the cheques went

Another political committee passing money along. The original donor is one step upstream. 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
Workers Vote $1.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M		$331K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate (special)	Supporting	$121K	✓ Yes
Roy Cooper	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$100K	✓ Yes
Abdul El-Sayed	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$48K	✓ Yes
Bob Brooks	Pennsylvania 7th District	Supporting	$44K	✓ Yes
Eliott Rodriguez	Florida 27th District	Supporting	$42K	Counting
Paige Cognetti	Pennsylvania 8th District	Supporting	$17K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$2K	Unknown
Janelle Stelson	Pennsylvania 10th District	Supporting	$660	✓ Yes
María Elvira Salazar	Florida 27th District	Attacking	$309	Counting
Rob Bresnahan	Pennsylvania 8th District	Attacking	$178	✓ Yes
Scott Perry	Pennsylvania 10th District	Attacking	$96	✓ Yes
Ryan Mackenzie	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$77	✓ Yes

Another PAC as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Unite Here PAC spend on the 2026 elections, and did it win?: Unite Here PAC gave $1.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2026 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 100% were on the winning side ($331K won, $0 lost, with $43K in races still being counted). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Unite Here PAC fund in 2026?: Workers Vote ($1.5M).
Which candidates did Unite Here PAC's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?: for Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate (special), about $121K, won); for Roy Cooper (North Carolina Senate, about $100K, won); for Abdul El-Sayed (Michigan Senate, about $48K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.