Which super PACs did Lawrence Ellison fund in 2020?

Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($5.0M), 1820 PAC ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did Lawrence Ellison's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Lindsey Graham (South Carolina Senate, about $942K, won); against Sara I. Gideon (Maine Senate, about $661K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $378K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Lawrence Ellison

Individual

Executive Chairman and CTO, Oracle Corporation · California

3 gifts to 3 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Lawrence Ellison gave $6.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 67% ended up on the winning side ($2.6M won, $1.3M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$6.3M

100% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

67%

$2.6M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$1.3M

Not spent yet

$2.3M

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
Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. $2.2M not spent yet	$5.0M	$1.6M / $1.2M
1820 PAC $106K not spent yet	$1.0M	$802K / $93K
Security Is Strength PAC $15K not spent yet	$250K	$221K / $13K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$942K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$661K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$378K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$348K	✓ Yes
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$342K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Supporting	$262K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$238K	✓ Yes
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$165K	✓ Yes
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$159K	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$98K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$98K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$84K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Lawrence Ellison spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Lawrence Ellison gave $6.3M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 67% ended up on the winning side ($2.6M won, $1.3M lost).
Which super PACs did Lawrence Ellison fund in 2020?: Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($5.0M), 1820 PAC ($1.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did Lawrence Ellison's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Lindsey Graham (South Carolina Senate, about $942K, won); against Sara I. Gideon (Maine Senate, about $661K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $378K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.