Which super PACs did Richard Rosenthal fund in 2020?

Planned Parenthood Votes ($3.0M), DSCC ($11K), DCCC ($500), Progressive Turnout Project ($297), End Citizens United ($60).

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

for Joe Biden (President, about $294K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $204K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $86K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Richard Rosenthal

Individual

Retired, The Rosenthal Group · Ohio

32 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Richard Rosenthal gave $3.0M 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, 67% were on the winning side ($713K won, $346K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

67%

$1.1M scored (35% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$346K

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.0M

$1.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $3K 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
Planned Parenthood Votes $1.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M	$713K / $343K
DSCC $7K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$11K	$492 / $3K
DCCC $371 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500	$22 / $107
Progressive Turnout Project $283 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$297	$12 / $2
End Citizens United $39 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$60	$5 / $15

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$294K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$204K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$86K	✗ No
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Supporting	$73K	✗ No
Martha McSally	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$58K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$50K	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$47K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$42K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$36K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$36K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Attacking	$24K	✗ No
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Supporting	$19K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Richard Rosenthal spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Richard Rosenthal gave $3.0M 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, 67% were on the winning side ($713K won, $346K lost). $3K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Richard Rosenthal fund in 2020?: Planned Parenthood Votes ($3.0M), DSCC ($11K), DCCC ($500), Progressive Turnout Project ($297), End Citizens United ($60).
Which candidates did Richard Rosenthal's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $294K, won); against Donald Trump (President, about $204K, won); against Susan Margaret Collins (Maine Senate, about $86K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.