Which super PACs did Timothy Mellon fund in 2020?

Senate Leadership Fund ($30M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($20M), America First Action ($20M), NRCC ($750), Republican National Committee ($250).

Which candidates did Timothy Mellon's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $17M, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $5.3M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $2.9M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Timothy Mellon

Individual

Investments, Banking heir (Mellon family) · Wyoming

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

Mixed results

Timothy Mellon gave $70M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% 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, 46% were on the winning side ($24M won, $28M lost). $1.3M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$70M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

46%

$52M scored (74% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$28M

Not allocated or result unknown

$18M

$17M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1.3M 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
Senate Leadership Fund $12M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$30M	$10M / $8.0M
Congressional Leadership Fund $2.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$20M	$13M / $2.5M
America First Action $2.5M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$20M	$0 / $18M
NRCC $547 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$750	$179 / $16
Republican National Committee $248 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250	$0 / $2

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$17M	✗ No
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$5.3M	✗ No
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$2.9M	✓ Yes
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$1.5M	✓ Yes
Theresa Greenfield	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$1.2M	✓ Yes
Gary Peters	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$1.1M	✗ No
Jaime Harrison	South Carolina Senate	Attacking	$1.0M	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$971K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$925K	✗ No
Anthony J. Brindisi	New York 22nd District	Attacking	$790K	✓ Yes
Sara I. Gideon	Maine Senate	Attacking	$779K	✓ Yes
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Supporting	$756K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Timothy Mellon spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Timothy Mellon gave $70M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 99% 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, 46% were on the winning side ($24M won, $28M lost). $1.3M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Timothy Mellon fund in 2020?: Senate Leadership Fund ($30M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($20M), America First Action ($20M), NRCC ($750), Republican National Committee ($250).
Which candidates did Timothy Mellon's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $17M, lost); against Jon Ossoff (Georgia Senate, about $5.3M, lost); against Cal Cunningham (North Carolina Senate, about $2.9M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.