Which candidates did Emily's List Non-Federal's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $864K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $686K, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $630K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Emily's List Non-Federal

Company / nonprofit

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

Backed losers

Emily's List Non-Federal gave $7.5M 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, 21% were on the winning side ($1.1M won, $4.3M lost). $435K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$7.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

21%

$5.5M scored (73% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$4.3M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.1M

$1.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $435K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Women Vote! $1.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$7.5M		$1.1M / $4.3M

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Emily's List Non-Federal's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Emily's List Non-Federal's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$864K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$686K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$630K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$429K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$211K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$160K	✗ No
Michael Franken	Iowa Senate (primary)	Attacking	$147K	Unknown
Yvette Herrell	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$145K	✗ No
Ann Wagner	Missouri 2nd District	Attacking	$141K	✗ No
Richard Hudson	North Carolina 8th District	Attacking	$139K	✗ No
Stephanie Bice	Oklahoma 5th District	Attacking	$134K	✗ No
Victoria Spartz	Indiana 5th District	Attacking	$132K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Emily's List Non-Federal spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Emily's List Non-Federal gave $7.5M 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, 21% were on the winning side ($1.1M won, $4.3M lost). $435K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Emily's List Non-Federal fund in 2020?: Women Vote! ($7.5M).
Which candidates did Emily's List Non-Federal's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $864K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $686K, lost); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $630K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.