Which super PACs did Annette Simmons fund in 2020?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($300K), Texans for a Conservative Majority ($100K), Senate Leadership Fund ($59K).

Which candidates did Annette Simmons's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $178K, won); against Mary Hegar (Texas Senate, about $91K, won); for Lindsey Graham (South Carolina Senate, about $81K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Annette Simmons

Individual

Retired, Retired · Texas

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

Backed winners

Annette Simmons gave $1.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 87% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $155K lost). $65K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.5M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

87%

$1.2M scored (82% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$155K

Not allocated or result unknown

$267K

$202K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $65K 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 Result not matched

Group	Gave	Won / lost
Congressional Leadership Fund $143K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$667K / $124K
Security Is Strength PAC $27K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$258K / $15K
Texans for a Conservative Majority $9K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$91K / $0
Senate Leadership Fund $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$59K	$20K / $16K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$178K	✓ Yes
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Attacking	$91K	✓ Yes
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$81K	✓ Yes
Anthony J. Brindisi	New York 22nd District	Attacking	$40K	✓ Yes
Sri Preston Kulkarni	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$33K	✓ Yes
Max N. Rose	New York 11th District	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes
Carolyn Bordeaux	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$29K	Unknown
Christy Smith	California 25th District	Attacking	$29K	✓ Yes
Xochitl Torres Small	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Collin C. Peterson	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Kendra S. Horn	Oklahoma 5th District	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Candace Valenzuela	Texas 24th District	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Annette Simmons spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Annette Simmons gave $1.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 87% were on the winning side ($1.0M won, $155K lost). $65K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Annette Simmons fund in 2020?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($300K), Texans for a Conservative Majority ($100K), Senate Leadership Fund ($59K).
Which candidates did Annette Simmons's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $178K, won); against Mary Hegar (Texas Senate, about $91K, won); for Lindsey Graham (South Carolina Senate, about $81K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.