Which super PACs did Jean Manas fund in 2020?

Kitchen Table Conversations PAC ($1.0M), DSCC ($5K).

Which candidates did Jean Manas's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Amy J. Klobuchar (President, about $909K, unknown); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $449, lost); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $390, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Jean Manas

Individual

CEO, Foros · New York

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

Limited result coverage

Jean Manas gave $1.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% 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, 16% were on the winning side ($233 won, $1K lost). $909K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

16%

$1K scored (0% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.0M

$94K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $909K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Kitchen Table Conversations PAC $91K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$0 / $0
DSCC $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5K		$233 / $1K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Amy J. Klobuchar	President (primary)	Supporting	$909K	Unknown
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$449	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$390	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$297	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$105	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$75	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$62	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$62	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$26	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$2	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$2	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Jean Manas spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Jean Manas gave $1.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% 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, 16% were on the winning side ($233 won, $1K lost). $909K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Jean Manas fund in 2020?: Kitchen Table Conversations PAC ($1.0M), DSCC ($5K).
Which candidates did Jean Manas's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Amy J. Klobuchar (President, about $909K, unknown); against Joni Ernst (Iowa Senate, about $449, lost); against Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $390, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.