Which super PACs did Garrett Moran fund in 2020?

Reason to Believe PAC ($2.0M), Ab PAC ($300K), DSCC ($2K), Moveon.Org Political Action ($91).

Which candidates did Garrett Moran's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Deval Patrick (President, about $1.7M, unknown); against Donald Trump (President, about $153K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $29K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Garrett Moran

Individual

Retired, Retired · Connecticut

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

Limited result coverage

Garrett Moran gave $2.3M 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 ($183K won, $30K lost). $1.7M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.3M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

86%

$213K scored (9% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$30K

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.1M

$373K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1.7M 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
Reason to Believe PAC $283K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$0 / $0
Ab PAC $88K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$183K / $29K
DSCC $2K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2K	$112 / $595
Moveon.Org Political Action $73 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$91	$13 / $5

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Deval Patrick	President (primary)	Supporting	$1.7M	Unknown
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$153K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$29K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$12K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$216	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$188	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$145	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$143	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$51	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$36	✗ No
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$13	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Garrett Moran spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Garrett Moran gave $2.3M 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 ($183K won, $30K lost). $1.7M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Garrett Moran fund in 2020?: Reason to Believe PAC ($2.0M), Ab PAC ($300K), DSCC ($2K), Moveon.Org Political Action ($91).
Which candidates did Garrett Moran's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Deval Patrick (President, about $1.7M, unknown); against Donald Trump (President, about $153K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $29K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.