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American Energy Action

Company / nonprofit

DC

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

Backed winners

American Energy Action gave $2.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 100% were on the winning side ($666K won, $0 lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.4M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

100%

$666K scored (28% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$0

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.7M

$1.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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
GroupGaveHow the group spent itWon / lost
American Energy Action Fund

$1.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending

$2.4M
$666K / $0

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates American Energy Action's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by American Energy Action's share of each group's funding.
CandidateRaceSpendingTheir sharePaid off?
Marco RubioFlorida SenateSupporting$164K✓ Yes
Chuck GrassleyIowa SenateSupporting$132K✓ Yes
John HoevenNorth Dakota SenateSupporting$67K✓ Yes
Tim ScottSouth Carolina SenateSupporting$67K✓ Yes
John R. ThuneSouth Dakota SenateSupporting$67K✓ Yes
Mike CrapoIdaho SenateSupporting$34K✓ Yes
James LankfordOklahoma SenateSupporting$34K✓ Yes
Mike LeeUtah SenateSupporting$34K✓ Yes
Jerry MoranKansas SenateSupporting$34K✓ Yes
Todd YoungIndiana SenateSupporting$34K✓ Yes

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did American Energy Action spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?
American Energy Action gave $2.4M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 100% were on the winning side ($666K won, $0 lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did American Energy Action fund in 2022?
American Energy Action Fund ($2.4M).
Which candidates did American Energy Action's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?
for Marco Rubio (Florida Senate, about $164K, won); for Chuck Grassley (Iowa Senate, about $132K, won); for John Hoeven (North Dakota Senate, about $67K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.