Which super PACs did Vincent Ryan fund in 2020?

Women Vote! ($1.0M), Independent Alaska ($400K), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($250K), Tech for Campaigns ($67K), United for Massachusetts ($60K).

Which candidates did Vincent Ryan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Dan Sullivan (Alaska Senate, about $217K, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $217K, won); for Al Gross (Alaska Senate, about $119K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Vincent Ryan

Individual

Founder and Chairman, Schooner Capital · Florida

22 reported gifts; 8 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Vincent Ryan gave $1.8M 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, 30% were on the winning side ($412K won, $947K lost). $58K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.8M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

30%

$1.4M scored (74% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$947K

Not allocated or result unknown

$488K

$430K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $58K 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
Women Vote! $217K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$151K / $574K
Independent Alaska $64K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400K	$0 / $336K
Future Forward (FF PAC) $58K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$171K / $21K
Tech for Campaigns $32K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$67K	$35K / $0
United for Massachusetts $7K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$60K	$53K / $0
DCCC $26K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $8K
DSCC $25K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$2K / $9K
NRCC $317 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$435	$104 / $9

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Dan Sullivan	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$217K	✗ No
Joe Biden	President	Supporting	$217K	✓ Yes
Al Gross	Alaska Senate	Supporting	$119K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$102K	✓ Yes
Susan Margaret Collins	Maine Senate	Attacking	$93K	✗ No
Joni Ernst	Iowa Senate	Attacking	$87K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$57K	✗ No
Edward J. Markey	Massachusetts Senate (primary)	Supporting	$53K	✓ Yes
Mary Hegar	Texas Senate	Supporting	$37K	✗ No
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Yvette Herrell	New Mexico 2nd District	Attacking	$20K	✗ No
Michael Franken	Iowa Senate (primary)	Attacking	$20K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Vincent Ryan spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Vincent Ryan gave $1.8M 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, 30% were on the winning side ($412K won, $947K lost). $58K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Vincent Ryan fund in 2020?: Women Vote! ($1.0M), Independent Alaska ($400K), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($250K), Tech for Campaigns ($67K), United for Massachusetts ($60K).
Which candidates did Vincent Ryan's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Dan Sullivan (Alaska Senate, about $217K, lost); for Joe Biden (President, about $217K, won); for Al Gross (Alaska Senate, about $119K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.