Which super PACs did Richard Blum fund in 2020?

Unite the Country ($1.0M), Justice Democrats PAC ($50).

Which candidates did Richard Blum's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $437K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $307K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $21K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Richard Blum

Individual

Chairman, Blum Capital Partners · California

2 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Richard Blum gave $1.0M 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, 97% were on the winning side ($751K won, $21K lost). $6 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

97%

$772K scored (77% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$21K

Not allocated or result unknown

$228K

$228K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $6 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Unite the Country $228K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$751K / $21K
Justice Democrats PAC $32 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50		$7 / $5

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$437K	✓ Yes
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$307K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$21K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$7K	✓ Yes
Jamaal Bowman	New York 16th District (primary)	Supporting	$5	✓ Yes
Alex Morse	Massachusetts 1st District (primary)	Supporting	$3	Unknown
Kara Eastman	Nebraska 2nd District	Supporting	$3	✗ No
Eliot L. Engel	New York 16th District (primary)	Attacking	$2	Unknown
Richard E. Neal	Massachusetts 1st District (primary)	Attacking	$2	✗ No
Cori Bush	Missouri 1st District (primary)	Supporting	$1	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Richard Blum spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Richard Blum gave $1.0M 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, 97% were on the winning side ($751K won, $21K lost). $6 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Richard Blum fund in 2020?: Unite the Country ($1.0M), Justice Democrats PAC ($50).
Which candidates did Richard Blum's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $437K, won); for Joe Biden (President, about $307K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $21K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.