2020 general election
Florida 15th District
The winner was outraised and won anyway.
$5.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Florida 15th District race: $4.0M raised by the campaigns, $582K of it from PACs, plus $1.3M from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Scott Franklin (Republican) won despite being outraised.
Receipts + outside spending
$5.3M
Raised by campaigns
$4.0M
PAC checks
$582K
Outside money
$1.3M
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Alan CohnDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $2.4M
- Spent
- $2.3M
- From individuals
- $1.8M
- From PACs
- $219K
- From party
- $5K
- Own money & loans
- $8K
- Outside money for
- $161K
- Outside money against
- $328K
Who paid: 9% of Cohn's money came from PACs
Leadership PAC $62K (32%)Membership $13K (7%)Union $79K (41%)Super PAC $6K (3%)Party $5K (3%)Other $27K (14%)
- Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 22 PAC Inc Union$10K
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union$10K
- Ameripac: the Fund for a Greater America Leadership PAC$10K
- PAC-International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 487 Union$6K
- Dmfi PAC Super PAC$5K
- American Association for Justice (Aaj) Membership$5K
- Service Employees International Union Union$5K
- Jobs, Education, & Families First - Jeff PAC Leadership PAC$5K
Biggest outside spenders
- Congressional Leadership Fund · $166K attacking
- Somos Votantes · $120K supporting
- Wingman PAC · $86K attacking
- Americans for Prosperity Action · $76K attacking
- Seiu Cope (Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education) · $25K supporting
Scott FranklinRepublican
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.7M
- Spent
- $1.6M
- From individuals
- $748K
- From PACs
- $362K
- From party
- $5K
- Own money & loans
- $550K
- Outside money for
- $712K
- Outside money against
- $79K
Who paid: 22% of Franklin's money came from PACs
Corporate $78K (25%)Trade group $55K (17%)Leadership PAC $97K (31%)Membership $35K (11%)Super PAC $2K (1%)Party $5K (2%)Other $43K (14%)
- Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. Trade group$10K
- Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Membership$10K
- Mccarthy Victory Fund Leadership PAC$10K
- California Real Estate Political Action Committee Membership$10K
- With Honor PAC Other$10K
- The Mosaic Company Corporate$6K
- Arkansas Bankers Association PAC Inc. Trade group$5K
- Bloomin' Brands, Inc Corporate$5K
Biggest outside spenders
- Americans for Prosperity Action · $291K supporting
- Congressional Leadership Fund · $166K supporting
- With Honor Fund, Inc. · $115K supporting
- House Majority PAC · $73K attacking
- Wingman PAC · $72K supporting
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2020 Florida 15th District race?
- $5.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Florida 15th District race: $4.0M raised by the campaigns, $582K of it from PACs, plus $1.3M from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Scott Franklin (Republican) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Florida 15th District race?
- Alan Cohn (Democrat) raised $2.4M and had $161K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Florida 15th District race?
- Americans for Prosperity Action ($367K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($333K), Wingman PAC ($158K).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Florida 15th District race?
- Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada) gave $10K to Alan Cohn; D.R.I.V.E. - Democrat, Republican, Independent Voter Education (the PAC of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters) gave $10K to Alan Cohn; Ameripac: the Fund for a Greater America gave $10K to Alan Cohn.