Which super PACs did Virginia James fund in 2020?

Club for Growth Action ($4.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), Women Speak Out PAC ($700K), Progressive Turnout Project ($297).

Which candidates did Virginia James's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

against Joe Biden (President, about $699K, lost); against Wendy R. Davis (Texas 21st District, about $356K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $340K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Virginia James

Individual

Retired, N.a. · New Jersey

31 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Virginia James gave $5.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 96% 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, 47% were on the winning side ($2.0M won, $2.3M lost). $450K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.5M

96% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

47%

$4.4M scored (80% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.3M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.1M

$628K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $450K 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
Club for Growth Action $417K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$4.0M	$1.6M / $1.6M
Americans for Prosperity Action $112K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$750K	$364K / $272K
Women Speak Out PAC $99K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$700K	$112K / $479K
Progressive Turnout Project $283 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$297	$12 / $2

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$699K	✗ No
Wendy R. Davis	Texas 21st District	Attacking	$356K	✓ Yes
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$340K	✗ No
Abigail A. Spanberger	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$194K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$183K	✗ No
Kathleen Williams	Montana at-large House seat	Attacking	$167K	✓ Yes
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate (special)	Supporting	$161K	✗ No
Diane E. Mitsch Bush	Colorado 3rd District	Attacking	$139K	✓ Yes
Hiral Tipirneni	Arizona 6th District	Attacking	$128K	✓ Yes
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$126K	✓ Yes
Christina Hale	Indiana 5th District	Attacking	$123K	✓ Yes
Carolyn Bourdeaux	Georgia 7th District	Attacking	$93K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Virginia James spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Virginia James gave $5.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 96% 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, 47% were on the winning side ($2.0M won, $2.3M lost). $450K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Virginia James fund in 2020?: Club for Growth Action ($4.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), Women Speak Out PAC ($700K), Progressive Turnout Project ($297).
Which candidates did Virginia James's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: against Joe Biden (President, about $699K, lost); against Wendy R. Davis (Texas 21st District, about $356K, won); for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $340K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.