Which super PACs did Diane Hendricks fund in 2020?

America First Action ($4.0M), Preserve America PAC ($1.0M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($200K), NRSC ($36K).

Which candidates did Diane Hendricks's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $4.7M, lost); against Anthony J. Brindisi (New York 22nd District, about $8K, won); against Sri Preston Kulkarni (Texas 22nd District, about $7K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Diane Hendricks

Individual

Chair, ABC Supply · Wisconsin

6 gifts to 4 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Loser

Diane Hendricks gave $5.2M 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, 3% ended up on the winning side ($156K won, $4.7M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$5.2M

100% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

$156K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$4.7M

Not spent yet

$331K

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
America First Action $268K not spent yet	$4.0M	$0 / $3.7M
Preserve America PAC $22K not spent yet	$1.0M	$0 / $978K
Congressional Leadership Fund $22K not spent yet	$200K	$139K / $26K
NRSC $7K not spent yet	$36K	$17K / $12K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$4.7M	✗ No
Anthony J. Brindisi	New York 22nd District	Attacking	$8K	✓ Yes
Sri Preston Kulkarni	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$7K	✓ Yes
Max N. Rose	New York 11th District	Attacking	$7K	✓ Yes
Carolyn Bordeaux	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$6K	Unknown
Christy Smith	California 25th District	Attacking	$6K	✓ Yes
Xochitl Torres Small	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$6K	✓ Yes
Collin C. Peterson	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$6K	✓ Yes
Kendra S. Horn	Oklahoma 5th District	Attacking	$5K	✓ Yes
Candace Valenzuela	Texas 24th District	Attacking	$5K	✓ Yes
Jackie Gordon	New York 2nd District	Attacking	$5K	✓ Yes
Joe Cunningham	South Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$5K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Diane Hendricks spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Diane Hendricks gave $5.2M 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, 3% ended up on the winning side ($156K won, $4.7M lost).
Which super PACs did Diane Hendricks fund in 2020?: America First Action ($4.0M), Preserve America PAC ($1.0M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($200K), NRSC ($36K).
Which candidates did Diane Hendricks's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $4.7M, lost); against Anthony J. Brindisi (New York 22nd District, about $8K, won); against Sri Preston Kulkarni (Texas 22nd District, about $7K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.