Which candidates did House Majority Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Michelle Steel (California 48th District, about $403K, lost); against Jeff Van Drew (New Jersey 2nd District, about $288K, lost); against Michelle Fischbach (Minnesota 7th District, about $256K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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House Majority Forward

Dark money

7 gifts to 1 group, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Loser

House Majority Forward gave $8.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 18% ended up on the winning side ($1.4M won, $6.1M lost).

Nonprofit arm of House Majority PAC. It does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$8.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

18%

$1.4M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$6.1M

Not spent yet

$485K

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

House Majority Forward is a 501(c)(4) social welfare group based in Washington, DC. It files a Form 990 with the IRS every year that shows how much money it moves, but never who gave it. That is the whole point of routing money this way.

IRS filings on ProPublica →

Revenue, 2023

$22M

from donors it does not have to name

Spent, 2023

$19M

Assets at year end, 2023

$8.8M

Tax year	Revenue	Spent	Assets	Filing
2023	$22M	$19M	$8.8M	990 PDF
2022	$25M	$24M	$5.3M	990 PDF
2021	$12M	$12M	$4.1M	990 PDF
2020	$30M	$27M	$3.8M	990 PDF
2019	$8.3M	$7.1M	$1.2M	e-file
2024	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF

The $8.0M it gave to super PACs in 2020 is 36% of what it took in during 2023, its latest year on file. The 990 lists what it spent on politics in a single line and leaves every donor blank.

House Majority Forward also bought $22K of Google and YouTube ads under its own name this cycle. All ad buyers →

Where the cheques went

A nonprofit that does not have to say where its own money came from. The trail ends here. Each gift is split the way the group that received it split its spending between winners and losers, so a $10M cheque 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
House Majority PAC $460K not spent yet	$8.0M		$1.4M / $6.1M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Michelle Steel	California 48th District	Attacking	$403K	✗ No
Jeff Van Drew	New Jersey 2nd District	Attacking	$288K	✗ No
Michelle Fischbach	Minnesota 7th District	Attacking	$256K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 25th District	Attacking	$251K	✗ No
Nicole Malliotakis	New York 11th District	Attacking	$237K	✗ No
Troy Nehls	Texas 22nd District	Attacking	$234K	✗ No
Burgess Owens	Utah 4th District	Attacking	$224K	✗ No
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Iowa 2nd District	Attacking	$197K	✗ No
Rich McCormick	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$190K	✓ Yes
Rodney Davis	Illinois 13th District	Attacking	$186K	✗ No
Max N. Rose	New York 11th District	Supporting	$181K	✗ No
Carlos Gimenez	Florida 26th District	Attacking	$179K	✗ No

Dark money as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did House Majority Forward spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: House Majority Forward gave $8.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2020). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 18% ended up on the winning side ($1.4M won, $6.1M lost).
Which super PACs did House Majority Forward fund in 2020?: House Majority PAC ($8.0M).
Which candidates did House Majority Forward's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Michelle Steel (California 48th District, about $403K, lost); against Jeff Van Drew (New Jersey 2nd District, about $288K, lost); against Michelle Fischbach (Minnesota 7th District, about $256K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.