Which super PACs did Joseph Field fund in 2020?

Ab PAC ($750K), Our Future United ($200K), DSCC ($95K), DCCC ($23K), Moveon.Org Political Action ($2K).

Which candidates did Joseph Field's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $382K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $74K, lost); for Theresa Greenfield (Iowa Senate, about $50K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Joseph Field

Individual

Executive, Entercom Communications · Pennsylvania

77 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Joseph Field gave $1.1M 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, 70% were on the winning side ($496K won, $210K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.1M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

70%

$706K scored (66% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$210K

Not allocated or result unknown

$364K

$352K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $11K 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
Ab PAC $219K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$750K	$457K / $74K
Our Future United $48K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K	$33K / $108K
DSCC $67K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$95K	$4K / $23K
DCCC $17K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$23K	$1K / $5K
Moveon.Org Political Action $2K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2K	$280 / $114

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$382K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$74K	✗ No
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$50K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$45K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$39K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$20K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$17K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$17K	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Maine Senate	Supporting	$11K	Unknown
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$9K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$7K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Joseph Field spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Joseph Field gave $1.1M 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, 70% were on the winning side ($496K won, $210K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Joseph Field fund in 2020?: Ab PAC ($750K), Our Future United ($200K), DSCC ($95K), DCCC ($23K), Moveon.Org Political Action ($2K).
Which candidates did Joseph Field's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $382K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $74K, lost); for Theresa Greenfield (Iowa Senate, about $50K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.