Which super PACs did Phillip Ragon fund in 2020?

Ab PAC ($2.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($500K).

Which candidates did Phillip Ragon's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $1.8M, lost); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $183K, won); against Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $177K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

← All donors

Donor

Phillip Ragon

Individual

Founder, Intersystems Corporation · Massachusetts

3 gifts to 2 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Phillip Ragon gave $3.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 78% ended up on the winning side ($2.0M won, $553K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$3.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

78%

$2.0M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$553K

Not spent yet

$434K

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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Ab PAC $376K not spent yet	$2.5M		$1.8M / $295K
Senate Majority PAC $58K not spent yet	$500K		$184K / $258K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$1.8M	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$183K	✓ Yes
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$177K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate (primary)	Attacking	$66K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$66K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$65K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$53K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$32K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$29K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$17K	✗ No
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate (primary)	Supporting	$14K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Phillip Ragon spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Phillip Ragon gave $3.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 78% ended up on the winning side ($2.0M won, $553K lost).
Which super PACs did Phillip Ragon fund in 2020?: Ab PAC ($2.5M), Senate Majority PAC ($500K).
Which candidates did Phillip Ragon's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $1.8M, lost); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $183K, won); against Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $177K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.