Which super PACs did David Lippe fund in 2020?

Priorities USA Action ($400K), Senate Majority PAC ($350K), 314 Action Fund ($100K), DCCC ($36K), DSCC ($36K).

Which candidates did David Lippe's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $160K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $158K, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $44K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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David Lippe

Individual

Manager, Renaissance Technologies, LLC · New York

5 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

David Lippe gave $921K 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, 65% were on the winning side ($435K won, $233K lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$921K

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

65%

$668K scored (73% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$233K

Not allocated or result unknown

$253K

$251K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $2K 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
Priorities USA Action $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400K	$336K / $60K
Senate Majority PAC $134K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$350K	$90K / $126K
314 Action Fund $61K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$6K / $31K
DCCC $26K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $8K
DSCC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $9K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$160K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$158K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$44K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$32K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$24K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$22K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$19K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$17K	✗ No
Dan Sullivan	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$8K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did David Lippe spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: David Lippe gave $921K 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, 65% were on the winning side ($435K won, $233K lost). $2K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did David Lippe fund in 2020?: Priorities USA Action ($400K), Senate Majority PAC ($350K), 314 Action Fund ($100K), DCCC ($36K), DSCC ($36K).
Which candidates did David Lippe's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $160K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $158K, won); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $44K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.