Which super PACs did Susan Mandel fund in 2020?

Edf Action Votes ($2.5M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.0M), Planned Parenthood Votes ($1.3M), House Majority PAC ($1.3M), Votevets ($683K).

Which candidates did Susan Mandel's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $1.2M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $1.0M, won); against Steve Daines (Montana Senate, about $301K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Susan Mandel

Individual

Not Employed, Zoom Foundation · Connecticut

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

Mixed

Susan Mandel gave $8.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 61% ended up on the winning side ($3.4M won, $2.2M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$8.0M

99% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

61%

$3.4M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$2.2M

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
Edf Action Votes $713K not spent yet	$2.5M	$1.1M / $614K
Future Forward (FF PAC) $457K not spent yet	$2.0M	$1.4M / $166K
Planned Parenthood Votes $730K not spent yet	$1.3M	$408K / $196K
House Majority PAC $73K not spent yet	$1.3M	$221K / $977K
Votevets $113K not spent yet	$683K	$311K / $174K
DSCC $27K not spent yet	$71K	$7K / $37K
DCCC	$36K	$6K / $30K
Senate Majority PAC $3K not spent yet	$25K	$9K / $13K
Unite the Country $3K not spent yet	$25K	$21K / $598
Priorities USA Action $29 not spent yet	$25K	$21K / $4K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$1.2M	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$1.0M	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$301K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$214K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$158K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$153K	✗ No
Nick J. Freitas	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$133K	✓ Yes
Yvette Herrell	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$128K	✗ No
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$121K	✗ No
Daniel Mccready	North Carolina 9th District	Supporting	$116K	Unknown
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$106K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$92K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Susan Mandel spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Susan Mandel gave $8.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 61% ended up on the winning side ($3.4M won, $2.2M lost).
Which super PACs did Susan Mandel fund in 2020?: Edf Action Votes ($2.5M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($2.0M), Planned Parenthood Votes ($1.3M), House Majority PAC ($1.3M), Votevets ($683K).
Which candidates did Susan Mandel's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $1.2M, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $1.0M, won); against Steve Daines (Montana Senate, about $301K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.