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 $340K, lost); against Abdul El-Sayed (Michigan Senate, about $216K, lost); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate (special), about $165K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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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.

Backed losers

Ronald Lauder gave $5.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2026 federal elections, and 99% 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, 3% were on the winning side ($70K won, $2.7M lost, with $249K in races still being counted). $60K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.3M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$2.8M scored (53% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.7M

$249K still being counted

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.2M

$2.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $60K 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 Race not called yet Result not matched

Group	Gave	How the group spent it	Won / lost
MAGA Inc. $2.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M		$8K / $2.6M
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	$340K	✗ No
Abdul El-Sayed	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$216K	✗ No
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate (special)	Attacking	$165K	✗ No
Jared Moskowitz	Florida 25th District	Attacking	$102K	✗ No
Ken Paxton	Texas Senate	Supporting	$101K	✗ No
Kathy Castor	Florida 14th District	Attacking	$97K	✗ No
Chris Pappas	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$89K	✗ No
Annie Andrews	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$79K	✗ No
Pia Dandiya	Florida 22nd District	Attacking	$75K	✗ No
Darline Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$73K	✗ No
Roy Cooper	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$70K	✗ No
Johnny Garcia	Texas 35th District	Attacking	$65K	✗ 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 99% 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, 3% were on the winning side ($70K won, $2.7M lost, with $249K in races still being counted). $60K 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 $340K, lost); against Abdul El-Sayed (Michigan Senate, about $216K, lost); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate (special), about $165K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.