Which super PACs did Kate Capshaw fund in 2020?

Pacronym ($500K), Priorities USA Action ($500K), Ab PAC ($250K), Senate Majority PAC ($250K), House Majority PAC ($125K).

Which candidates did Kate Capshaw's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $503K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $311K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $130K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Kate Capshaw

Individual

Actress, Self Employed · California

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

Backed winners

Kate Capshaw gave $1.6M 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, 72% were on the winning side ($946K won, $359K lost). $363 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

72%

$1.3M scored (80% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$359K

Not allocated or result unknown

$320K

$319K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $363 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
Pacronym $128K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$289K / $82K
Priorities USA Action $5K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$420K / $75K
Ab PAC $73K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$152K / $25K
Senate Majority PAC $96K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$64K / $90K
House Majority PAC $17K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$125K	$20K / $88K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$503K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$311K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$130K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$29K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$20K	✓ Yes
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$19K	✓ Yes
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$15K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$11K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Kate Capshaw spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Kate Capshaw gave $1.6M 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, 72% were on the winning side ($946K won, $359K lost). $363 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Kate Capshaw fund in 2020?: Pacronym ($500K), Priorities USA Action ($500K), Ab PAC ($250K), Senate Majority PAC ($250K), House Majority PAC ($125K).
Which candidates did Kate Capshaw's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $503K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $311K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $130K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.