Donor
Walter Buckley Jr.
IndividualRetired, Retired · Florida
24 reported gifts; 8 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.
Walter Buckley Jr. gave $7.1M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.
Historical gift amounts are retained from the earlier snapshot. Outcome and party estimates are unavailable until the underlying donor records are rebuilt and checked.
Gave to outside spenders
$7.1M
Winning share of scored dollars
–
$0 scored (0% of gifts)
Spent on the losing side
$0
Not allocated or result unknown
$7.1M
$0 not allocated to tracked outside spending; $7.1M has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.
Where the cheques went
A person writing cheques 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 cheque 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Leadership Fund | $2.5M | $0 / $0 | |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $1.9M | $0 / $0 | |
| America First Action | $1.9M | $0 / $0 | |
| 1820 PAC | $425K | $0 / $0 | |
| Security Is Strength PAC | $175K | $0 / $0 | |
| Better Future Mi Fund | $135K | $0 / $0 | |
| Republican National Committee | $36K | $0 / $0 | |
| NRSC | $861 | $0 / $0 |
Individual as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.
Questions people ask
- How much did Walter Buckley Jr. spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?
- Walter Buckley Jr. gave $7.1M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.
- Which super PACs did Walter Buckley Jr. fund in 2020?
- Senate Leadership Fund ($2.5M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.9M), America First Action ($1.9M), 1820 PAC ($425K), Security Is Strength PAC ($175K).