Which super PACs did Afscme Special Account fund in 2020?

For Our Future ($5.5M), Family Friendly Action PAC ($650K), Take Back 2020 ($600K), Senate Majority PAC ($350K), Tech for Campaigns ($100K).

Which candidates did Afscme Special Account's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $1.7M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $617K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $148K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Afscme Special Account

Company / nonprofit

44 reported gifts; 6 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Afscme Special Account gave $7.2M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 86% were on the winning side ($2.9M won, $479K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$7.2M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

86%

$3.3M scored (46% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$479K

Not allocated or result unknown

$3.9M

$3.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks 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 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 Result not matched

Group	Gave	Won / lost
For Our Future $3.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.5M	$2.2M / $10K
Family Friendly Action PAC $104K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$650K	$203K / $343K
Take Back 2020 $300K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$600K	$300K / $292
Senate Majority PAC $134K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$350K	$90K / $126K
Tech for Campaigns $48K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$52K / $0
Working People Rising $22K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$49K	$27K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$1.7M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$617K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$148K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$147K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$138K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$126K	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$91K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$73K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$45K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$39K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$32K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$29K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Afscme Special Account spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Afscme Special Account gave $7.2M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 86% were on the winning side ($2.9M won, $479K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Afscme Special Account fund in 2020?: For Our Future ($5.5M), Family Friendly Action PAC ($650K), Take Back 2020 ($600K), Senate Majority PAC ($350K), Tech for Campaigns ($100K).
Which candidates did Afscme Special Account's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $1.7M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $617K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $148K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.