Which super PACs did Marlene Ricketts fund in 2020?

Esafund ($5.1M), America First Action ($500K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($100K), NRSC ($36K).

Which candidates did Marlene Ricketts's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $540K, lost); for Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $540K, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $466K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Marlene Ricketts

Individual

Retired, Ricketts family (TD Ameritrade) · Nebraska

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

Loser

Marlene Ricketts gave $5.7M 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, 19% ended up on the winning side ($733K won, $3.2M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$5.7M

100% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

19%

$733K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$3.2M

Not spent yet

$1.8M

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
Esafund $1.7M not spent yet	$5.1M	$646K / $2.7M
America First Action $33K not spent yet	$500K	$0 / $467K
Congressional Leadership Fund $11K not spent yet	$100K	$70K / $13K
NRSC $7K not spent yet	$36K	$17K / $12K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$540K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$540K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$466K	✗ No
John W. Hickenlooper	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$307K	✗ No
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Supporting	$305K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$279K	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$216K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$215K	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$170K	✗ No
Dan Schwartz	Nevada 3rd District (primary)	Attacking	$166K	✓ Yes
Kara Eastman	Nebraska 2nd District	Attacking	$161K	✓ Yes
Donald Bacon	Nebraska 2nd District	Supporting	$159K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Marlene Ricketts spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Marlene Ricketts gave $5.7M 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, 19% ended up on the winning side ($733K won, $3.2M lost).
Which super PACs did Marlene Ricketts fund in 2020?: Esafund ($5.1M), America First Action ($500K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($100K), NRSC ($36K).
Which candidates did Marlene Ricketts's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $540K, lost); for Kelly Loeffler (Georgia Senate (special), about $540K, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $466K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.