Which super PACs did Wayne Laufer fund in 2020?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.6M).

Which candidates did Wayne Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?

for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $369K, lost); for Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $243K, won); for John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $91K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Wayne Laufer

Individual

Retired, Retired · Florida

3 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Wayne Laufer gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% 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, 57% were on the winning side ($752K won, $561K lost). $6K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

57%

$1.3M scored (85% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$561K

Not allocated or result unknown

$237K

$231K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $6K 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Americans for Prosperity Action $231K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.6M		$752K / $561K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
David A. Perdue	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$369K	✗ No
Thom Tilllis	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$243K	✓ Yes
John Cornyn	Texas Senate	Supporting	$91K	✓ Yes
Jon Ossoff	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$89K	✗ No
Roger Marshall	Kansas Senate	Supporting	$79K	✓ Yes
Steve Daines	Montana Senate	Supporting	$78K	✓ Yes
Cal Cunningham	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$71K	✓ Yes
Barbara Bollier	Kansas Senate	Attacking	$33K	✓ Yes
Cory Gardner	Colorado Senate	Supporting	$21K	✗ No
John James	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$21K	✗ No
Nick J. Freitas	Virginia 7th District	Supporting	$14K	✗ No
Steve Bullock	Montana Senate	Attacking	$11K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Wayne Laufer spend on the 2020 elections, and did it win?: Wayne Laufer gave $1.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2020 federal elections, and 100% 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, 57% were on the winning side ($752K won, $561K lost). $6K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Wayne Laufer fund in 2020?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.6M).
Which candidates did Wayne Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2020?: for David A. Perdue (Georgia Senate, about $369K, lost); for Thom Tilllis (North Carolina Senate, about $243K, won); for John Cornyn (Texas Senate, about $91K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.