Which super PACs did Robert William Duggan fund in 2020?

America First Action ($4.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($139K), NRSC ($2K), NRCC ($525), DSCC ($50).

Which candidates did Robert William Duggan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $3.4M, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $134K, lost); against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $82K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Robert William Duggan

Individual

Entrepreneur, Self-Employed · Florida

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

Backed losers

Robert William Duggan gave $4.1M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% 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, 3% were on the winning side ($120K won, $3.5M lost). $6 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$4.1M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

$3.6M scored (88% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$3.5M

Not allocated or result unknown

$509K

$509K 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	Won / lost
America First Action $494K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4.0M	$0 / $3.5M
Security Is Strength PAC $13K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$139K	$120K / $7K
NRSC $1K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2K	$461 / $315
NRCC $383 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$525	$126 / $11
DSCC $35 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50	$2 / $12
Republican National Committee $25 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25	$0 / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$3.4M	✗ No
Joe Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$134K	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$82K	✓ Yes
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$38K	✓ Yes
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$7K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$1K	✗ No
Lindsey Graham	South Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$208	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$127	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$100	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$91	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$89	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$88	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Robert William Duggan spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Robert William Duggan gave $4.1M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% 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, 3% were on the winning side ($120K won, $3.5M lost). $6 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Robert William Duggan fund in 2020?: America First Action ($4.0M), Security Is Strength PAC ($139K), NRSC ($2K), NRCC ($525), DSCC ($50).
Which candidates did Robert William Duggan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $3.4M, lost); against Joe Biden (President, about $134K, lost); against Jaime Harrison (South Carolina Senate, about $82K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.