Which super PACs did Stacy Schusterman fund in 2020?

Dmfi PAC ($1.0M), Care in Action PAC ($500K), Americans for Tomorrow's Future ($300K), Senate Majority PAC ($200K), DSCC ($36K).

Which candidates did Stacy Schusterman's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $439K, won); against Ilhan Omar (Minnesota 5th District, about $238K, lost); against Bernard Sanders (President, about $222K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Stacy Schusterman

Individual

Chair, Samson Energy Company, LLC · Oklahoma

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

Mixed results

Stacy Schusterman gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 93% 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, 52% were on the winning side ($634K won, $577K lost). $420K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

93% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

52%

$1.2M scored (59% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$577K

Not allocated or result unknown

$829K

$410K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $420K 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
Dmfi PAC $171K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$157K / $258K
Care in Action PAC $75K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$425K / $0
Americans for Tomorrow's Future $62K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$0 / $238K
Senate Majority PAC $77K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K	$51K / $72K
DSCC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $9K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$439K	✓ Yes
Ilhan Omar	Minnesota 5th District (primary)	Attacking	$238K	✗ No
Bernard Sanders	President (primary)	Attacking	$222K	Unknown
Eliot L. Engel	New York 16th District (primary)	Supporting	$147K	Unknown
Jamaal Bowman	New York 16th District (primary)	Attacking	$102K	✗ No
Sara Jacobs	California 53rd District	Attacking	$67K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$52K	✓ Yes
Nicole Malliotakis	New York 11th District	Attacking	$29K	✗ No
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$29K	✓ Yes
Alex Morse	Massachusetts 1st District (primary)	Attacking	$28K	Unknown
Andrew R. Garbarino	New York 2nd District	Attacking	$22K	✗ No
Scott W. Taylor	Virginia 2nd District	Attacking	$22K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Stacy Schusterman spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Stacy Schusterman gave $2.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 93% 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, 52% were on the winning side ($634K won, $577K lost). $420K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Stacy Schusterman fund in 2020?: Dmfi PAC ($1.0M), Care in Action PAC ($500K), Americans for Tomorrow's Future ($300K), Senate Majority PAC ($200K), DSCC ($36K).
Which candidates did Stacy Schusterman's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate (special), about $439K, won); against Ilhan Omar (Minnesota 5th District, about $238K, lost); against Bernard Sanders (President, about $222K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.