Which super PACs did Jeff Yass fund in 2020?

Club for Growth Action ($22M), Protect Freedom Political Action Committee ($8.6M), Security Is Strength PAC ($50K), Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($30K).

Which candidates did Jeff Yass's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $3.1M, lost); against Wendy R. Davis (Texas 21st District, about $1.8M, won); against Kay Granger (Texas 12th District, about $1.1M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Jeff Yass

Individual

Managing Director, Susquehanna International Group · Pennsylvania

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

Mixed results

Jeff Yass gave $30M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 95% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 48% were on the winning side ($10M won, $11M lost). $4.1M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$30M

95% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

48%

$21M scored (69% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$11M

Not allocated or result unknown

$9.3M

$5.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $4.1M 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
Club for Growth Action $2.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$22M	$8.5M / $8.6M
Protect Freedom Political Action Committee $3.0M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$8.6M	$1.5M / $2.4M
Security Is Strength PAC $5K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$43K / $3K
Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. $13K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$30K	$9K / $7K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$3.1M	✗ No
Wendy R. Davis	Texas 21st District	Attacking	$1.8M	✓ Yes
Kay Granger	Texas 12th District (primary)	Attacking	$1.1M	✗ No
Abigail A. Spanberger	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$1.0M	✗ No
Manny Sethi	Tennessee Senate (primary)	Supporting	$960K	Unknown
Kathleen Williams	Montana at-large House seat	Attacking	$899K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$759K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$759K	✗ No
Diane E. Mitsch Bush	Colorado 3rd District	Attacking	$755K	✓ Yes
Hiral Tipirneni	Arizona 6th District	Attacking	$694K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$672K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$672K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Jeff Yass spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Jeff Yass gave $30M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 95% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 48% were on the winning side ($10M won, $11M lost). $4.1M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Jeff Yass fund in 2020?: Club for Growth Action ($22M), Protect Freedom Political Action Committee ($8.6M), Security Is Strength PAC ($50K), Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($30K).
Which candidates did Jeff Yass's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $3.1M, lost); against Wendy R. Davis (Texas 21st District, about $1.8M, won); against Kay Granger (Texas 12th District, about $1.1M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.