Which super PACs did Jeffrey Lawson fund in 2020?

Future Forward (FF PAC) ($3.0M), People for the American Way ($350K), Senate Majority PAC ($250K).

Which candidates did Jeffrey Lawson's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $1.3M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $924K, won); against John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $117K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Jeffrey Lawson

Individual

CEO, Twilio · California

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

Backed winners

Jeffrey Lawson gave $3.6M 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, 86% were on the winning side ($2.4M won, $372K lost). $7K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

86%

$2.7M scored (76% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$372K

Not allocated or result unknown

$853K

$846K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $7K 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
Future Forward (FF PAC) $698K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M	$2.1M / $248K
People for the American Way $53K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$350K	$256K / $34K
Senate Majority PAC $96K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$64K / $90K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$1.3M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$924K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$117K	✗ No
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$112K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$25K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$24K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$18K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$13K	✓ Yes
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$12K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Jeffrey Lawson spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Jeffrey Lawson gave $3.6M 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, 86% were on the winning side ($2.4M won, $372K lost). $7K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Jeffrey Lawson fund in 2020?: Future Forward (FF PAC) ($3.0M), People for the American Way ($350K), Senate Majority PAC ($250K).
Which candidates did Jeffrey Lawson's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $1.3M, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $924K, won); against John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $117K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.