Which super PACs did Patrick Ryan Sr. fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($9.5M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.8M), Better Future Mi Fund ($1.5M), Security Is Strength PAC ($1.0M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($250K).

Which candidates did Patrick Ryan Sr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $1.8M, lost); against Gary Peters (Michigan Senate, about $1.5M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $1.0M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Patrick Ryan Sr.

Individual

Chairman, Ryan Specialty Group · Illinois

92 reported gifts; 13 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Patrick Ryan Sr. gave $14M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 53% were on the winning side ($5.1M won, $4.6M lost). $26K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$14M

98% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

53%

$9.7M scored (69% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$4.6M

Not allocated or result unknown

$4.3M

$4.3M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $26K 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 Leadership Fund $3.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$9.5M	$3.2M / $2.5M
Americans for Prosperity Action $261K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.8M	$849K / $634K
Better Future Mi Fund $159K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M	$0 / $1.3M
Security Is Strength PAC $90K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$859K / $51K
Congressional Leadership Fund $36K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$167K / $31K
NRSC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$38K	$8K / $5K
Republican National Committee $2K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2K	$0 / $17
National Association of Realtors Political Action Committee $603 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$690	$35 / $11
NRCC $255 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$350	$84 / $7
Moveon.Org Political Action $164 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$205	$29 / $12
Senate Conservatives Fund $113 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200	$37 / $37
Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC $123 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150	$14 / $12
DSCC $35 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50	$2 / $12

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$1.8M	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$1.5M	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$1.0M	✓ Yes
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$907K	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$497K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$426K	✗ No
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$392K	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$345K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$294K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$275K	✓ Yes
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$271K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$248K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Patrick Ryan Sr. spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Patrick Ryan Sr. gave $14M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 53% were on the winning side ($5.1M won, $4.6M lost). $26K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Patrick Ryan Sr. fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($9.5M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.8M), Better Future Mi Fund ($1.5M), Security Is Strength PAC ($1.0M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($250K).
Which candidates did Patrick Ryan Sr.'s money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $1.8M, lost); against Gary Peters (Michigan Senate, about $1.5M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $1.0M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.