Which super PACs did Irwin Mark Jacobs fund in 2020?

Forward California ($1.5M), House Majority PAC ($260K), Ab PAC ($200K), Priorities USA Action ($50K).

Which candidates did Irwin Mark Jacobs's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Sara Jacobs (California 53rd District, about $689K, won); against Georgette Gómez (California 53rd District, about $352K, won); for Sara Jacobs (California 53rd District, about $319K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Irwin Mark Jacobs

Individual

Retired · California

6 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Irwin Mark Jacobs gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 80% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 88% were on the winning side ($1.6M won, $210K lost). $755 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

80% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

88%

$1.8M scored (88% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$210K

Not allocated or result unknown

$234K

$234K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $755 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A person writing checks 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 check 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
Forward California $139K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M	$1.4M / $0
House Majority PAC $36K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$260K	$41K / $183K
Ab PAC $58K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K	$122K / $20K
Priorities USA Action $498 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$42K / $7K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Sara Jacobs	California 53rd District (primary)	Supporting	$689K	✓ Yes
Georgette Gómez	California 53rd District	Attacking	$352K	✓ Yes
Sara Jacobs	California 53rd District	Supporting	$319K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$124K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$22K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$20K	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$12K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$12K	✓ Yes
Jeff Van Drew	New Jersey 2nd District	Attacking	$9K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$8K	✓ Yes
Michelle Fischbach	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$8K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 25th District	Attacking	$7K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Irwin Mark Jacobs spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Irwin Mark Jacobs gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 80% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 88% were on the winning side ($1.6M won, $210K lost). $755 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Irwin Mark Jacobs fund in 2020?: Forward California ($1.5M), House Majority PAC ($260K), Ab PAC ($200K), Priorities USA Action ($50K).
Which candidates did Irwin Mark Jacobs's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Sara Jacobs (California 53rd District, about $689K, won); against Georgette Gómez (California 53rd District, about $352K, won); for Sara Jacobs (California 53rd District, about $319K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.