Which super PACs did Merle Chambers fund in 2020?

Priorities USA Action ($250K), Women Vote! ($200K), House Majority PAC ($100K), Votevets ($100K), Indivisible Action ($100K).

Which candidates did Merle Chambers's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $147K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $139K, won); against Dan Sullivan (Alaska Senate, about $67K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Merle Chambers

Individual

Retired, Leith Ventures, LLC · Colorado

12 gifts to 10 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed

Merle Chambers gave $941K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 47% ended up on the winning side ($379K won, $425K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$941K

98% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

47%

$379K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$425K

Not spent yet

$137K

Sitting with groups that have not spent

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	Won / lost
Priorities USA Action $294 not spent yet	$250K	$212K / $38K
Women Vote!	$200K	$49K / $147K
House Majority PAC $6K not spent yet	$100K	$17K / $77K
Votevets $17K not spent yet	$100K	$45K / $25K
Indivisible Action $61K not spent yet	$100K	$24K / $9K
Independent Alaska	$100K	$0 / $100K
DSCC $13K not spent yet	$36K	$3K / $19K
Ab PAC $4K not spent yet	$25K	$18K / $3K
Planned Parenthood Votes $14K not spent yet	$25K	$8K / $4K
DCCC	$5K	$844 / $4K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$147K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$139K	✓ Yes
Dan Sullivan	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$67K	✗ No
Al Gross	Alaska Senate	Supporting	$35K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$33K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$29K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$19K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$18K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$18K	✓ Yes
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$15K	✗ No
Pete Buttigieg	President (primary)	Supporting	$12K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Merle Chambers spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Merle Chambers gave $941K to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 47% ended up on the winning side ($379K won, $425K lost).
Which super PACs did Merle Chambers fund in 2020?: Priorities USA Action ($250K), Women Vote! ($200K), House Majority PAC ($100K), Votevets ($100K), Indivisible Action ($100K).
Which candidates did Merle Chambers's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $147K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $139K, won); against Dan Sullivan (Alaska Senate, about $67K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.