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Service Employees International Union

Company / nonprofit

DC

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

Backed winners

Service Employees International Union gave $1.4M 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, 99% were on the winning side ($413K won, $6K lost). $51 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.4M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

99%

$418K scored (31% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$6K

Not allocated or result unknown

$932K

$932K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $51 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
GroupGaveHow the group spent itWon / lost
People's Action Power

$892K not allocated to tracked outside spending

$1.3M
$406K / $3K
Moveon.Org Political Action

$40K not allocated to tracked outside spending

$50K
$7K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Service Employees International Union's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Service Employees International Union's share of each group's funding.
CandidateRaceSpendingTheir sharePaid off?
Joe BidenPresidentSupporting$340K✓ Yes
Raphael WarnockGeorgia Senate (special)Supporting$23K✓ Yes
Jon OssoffGeorgia SenateSupporting$22K✓ Yes
Mark KellyArizona SenateSupporting$19K✓ Yes
Gary PetersMichigan SenateSupporting$3K✓ Yes
Cal CunninghamNorth Carolina SenateSupporting$3K✗ No
Donald TrumpPresidentAttacking$2K✓ Yes
Jaime HarrisonSouth Carolina SenateSupporting$2K✗ No
John W. HickenlooperColorado SenateSupporting$1K✓ Yes
Sara I. GideonMaine SenateSupporting$752✗ No
Andy KimNew Jersey 3rd DistrictSupporting$719✓ Yes
Martha McSallyArizona SenateAttacking$205✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Service Employees International Union spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?
Service Employees International Union gave $1.4M 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, 99% were on the winning side ($413K won, $6K lost). $51 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Service Employees International Union fund in 2020?
People's Action Power ($1.3M), Moveon.Org Political Action ($50K).
Which candidates did Service Employees International Union's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?
for Joe Biden (President, about $340K, won); for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $23K, won); for Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $22K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.