Which super PACs did Deborah Simon fund in 2020?

Ab PAC ($6.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($3.5M), Planned Parenthood Votes ($1.8M), Votevets ($1.1M), Unite the Country ($600K).

Which candidates did Deborah Simon's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $5.0M, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $884K, won); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $872K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Deborah Simon

Individual

Retired, Self-Employed · Indiana

167 gifts to 15 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Deborah Simon gave $14M 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, 69% ended up on the winning side ($7.9M won, $3.6M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$14M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

69%

$7.9M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$3.6M

Not spent yet

$2.8M

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
Ab PAC $903K not spent yet	$6.0M	$4.4M / $707K
Senate Majority PAC $406K not spent yet	$3.5M	$1.3M / $1.8M
Planned Parenthood Votes $958K not spent yet	$1.8M	$535K / $257K
Votevets $182K not spent yet	$1.1M	$500K / $280K
Unite the Country $74K not spent yet	$600K	$512K / $14K
Supermajority PAC	$500K	$500K / $0
House Majority PAC $29K not spent yet	$500K	$87K / $383K
Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund $65K not spent yet	$200K	$81K / $54K
End Citizens United $9K not spent yet	$97K	$23K / $65K
DSCC $27K not spent yet	$71K	$7K / $37K
Congressional Black Caucus PAC $18K not spent yet	$24K	$2K / $4K
Progressive Turnout Project $12K not spent yet	$14K	$2K / $318
Voter Protection Project $6K not spent yet	$11K	$4K / $883
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC $611 not spent yet	$4K	$2K / $2K
Committee to Protect Medicare PAC	$2K	$1K / $29

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$5.0M	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$884K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$872K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$593K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$503K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$493K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate (primary)	Attacking	$464K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$432K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$266K	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$263K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$252K	✓ Yes
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$132K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Deborah Simon spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Deborah Simon gave $14M 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, 69% ended up on the winning side ($7.9M won, $3.6M lost).
Which super PACs did Deborah Simon fund in 2020?: Ab PAC ($6.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($3.5M), Planned Parenthood Votes ($1.8M), Votevets ($1.1M), Unite the Country ($600K).
Which candidates did Deborah Simon's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $5.0M, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $884K, won); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $872K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.