Which candidates did Seiu General Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Joe Biden (President, about $578K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $226K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $224K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Seiu General Fund

Company / nonprofit

52 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Seiu General Fund gave $5.9M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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 ($1.4M won, $40K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.9M

98% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

97%

$1.5M scored (25% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$40K

Not allocated or result unknown

$4.4M

$4.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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
United We Can $4.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.9M		$1.4M / $40K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$578K	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$226K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$224K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$129K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$123K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$64K	✓ Yes
Marilyn Strickland	Washington 10th District	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Elaine G. Luria	Virginia 2nd District	Supporting	$32K	✓ Yes
Tina Smith	Minnesota Senate	Supporting	$16K	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$9K	✓ Yes
Angie Craig	Minnesota 2nd District	Supporting	$4K	✓ Yes
Qasim Rashid	Virginia 1st District	Supporting	$3K	✗ No

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Seiu General Fund spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Seiu General Fund gave $5.9M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 98% 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 ($1.4M won, $40K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Seiu General Fund fund in 2020?: United We Can ($5.9M).
Which candidates did Seiu General Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Joe Biden (President, about $578K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $226K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $224K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.