Which super PACs did Kathryn Murdoch fund in 2020?

Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($540K), Pacronym ($500K), Unite the Country ($300K), Votevets ($100K).

Which candidates did Kathryn Murdoch's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $484K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $331K, won); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $97K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Kathryn Murdoch

Individual

President, Quadrivium · New York

7 reported gifts; 6 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Kathryn Murdoch gave $2.5M 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 ($1.2M won, $518K lost). $10K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

70%

$1.7M scored (69% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$518K

Not allocated or result unknown

$764K

$753K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $10K 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
Senate Majority PAC $383K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$256K / $360K
Future Forward (FF PAC) $126K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$540K	$370K / $45K
Pacronym $128K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$289K / $82K
Unite the Country $68K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$225K / $6K
Votevets $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$38K / $21K
Black PAC $16K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$60K	$40K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$484K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$331K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$97K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$97K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$92K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$91K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$90K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$78K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$69K	✗ No
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$43K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$43K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$40K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Kathryn Murdoch spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Kathryn Murdoch gave $2.5M 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 ($1.2M won, $518K lost). $10K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Kathryn Murdoch fund in 2020?: Senate Majority PAC ($1.0M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($540K), Pacronym ($500K), Unite the Country ($300K), Votevets ($100K).
Which candidates did Kathryn Murdoch's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $484K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $331K, won); against David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $97K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.