Which super PACs did Pat Stryker fund in 2020?

Ab PAC ($1.3M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Women Vote! ($900K), Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund ($250K), Lcv Victory Fund ($100K).

Which candidates did Pat Stryker's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Donald Trump (President, about $994K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $555K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $132K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Pat Stryker

Individual

Philanthropist, Bohemian Companies · Colorado

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

Backed winners

Pat Stryker 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, 68% were on the winning side ($1.8M won, $837K lost). $58K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

68%

$2.6M scored (72% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$837K

Not allocated or result unknown

$999K

$941K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $58K 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 $380K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.3M	$792K / $128K
Future Forward (FF PAC) $233K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$685K / $83K
Women Vote! $195K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$900K	$136K / $517K
Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund $87K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$98K / $65K
Lcv Victory Fund $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$34K / $34K
Votevets $15K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$19K / $11K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$994K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$555K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$132K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$103K	✗ No
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$88K	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Attacking	$76K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$63K	✓ Yes
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$62K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$56K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$51K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$19K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Pat Stryker spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Pat Stryker 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, 68% were on the winning side ($1.8M won, $837K lost). $58K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Pat Stryker fund in 2020?: Ab PAC ($1.3M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Women Vote! ($900K), Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund ($250K), Lcv Victory Fund ($100K).
Which candidates did Pat Stryker's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Donald Trump (President, about $994K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $555K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $132K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.