Which super PACs did Thomas Secunda fund in 2020?

Unite the Country ($1.0M), Women Vote! ($500K), House Majority PAC ($250K), DSCC ($36K), Dmfi PAC ($5K).

Which candidates did Thomas Secunda's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $919K, won); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $60K, lost); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $60K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Thomas Secunda

Individual

Vice Chair, Bloomberg, LP · New York

6 gifts to 5 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed

Thomas Secunda gave $1.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 63% ended up on the winning side ($1.0M won, $602K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$1.8M

98% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

63%

$1.0M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$602K

Not spent yet

$162K

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
Unite the Country $123K not spent yet	$1.0M	$853K / $24K
Women Vote!	$500K	$124K / $367K
House Majority PAC $14K not spent yet	$250K	$43K / $192K
DSCC $13K not spent yet	$36K	$3K / $19K
Dmfi PAC	$5K	$3K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$919K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$60K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$60K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$36K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$34K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$18K	✗ No
Yvette Herrell	New Mexico 2nd District (primary)	Attacking	$17K	✗ No
Victoria Spartz	Indiana 5th District	Attacking	$16K	✗ No
Ann Wagner	Missouri 2nd District	Attacking	$15K	✗ No
Stephanie Bice	Oklahoma 5th District	Attacking	$15K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$14K	✗ No
Andrew R. Garbarino	New York 2nd District	Attacking	$13K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Thomas Secunda spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Thomas Secunda gave $1.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 63% ended up on the winning side ($1.0M won, $602K lost).
Which super PACs did Thomas Secunda fund in 2020?: Unite the Country ($1.0M), Women Vote! ($500K), House Majority PAC ($250K), DSCC ($36K), Dmfi PAC ($5K).
Which candidates did Thomas Secunda's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $919K, won); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $60K, lost); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $60K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.