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Benjamin Navarro

Individual

Business, Sherman Financial · South Carolina

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

Backed winners

Benjamin Navarro gave $2.8M 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, 65% were on the winning side ($443K won, $234K lost). $12K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.8M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

65%

$677K scored (25% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$234K

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.1M

$2.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $12K 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
GroupGaveHow the group spent itWon / lost
Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc.

$2.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending

$2.8M
$443K / $234K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Benjamin Navarro's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Benjamin Navarro's share of each group's funding.
CandidateRaceSpendingTheir sharePaid off?
Herschel Junior WalkerGeorgia SenateSupporting$132K✗ No
Ted BuddNorth Carolina SenateSupporting$105K✓ Yes
Adam Paul LaxaltNevada SenateSupporting$99K✗ No
Ron JohnsonWisconsin SenateSupporting$87K✓ Yes
Tim ScottSouth Carolina SenateSupporting$69K✓ Yes
Ashley HinsonIowa 2nd DistrictSupporting$38K✓ Yes
Wesley HuntTexas 38th District (primary)Supporting$34K✓ Yes
John JamesMichigan 10th DistrictSupporting$30K✓ Yes
Mariannette Miller-MeeksIowa 1st DistrictSupporting$30K✓ Yes
Monica De La CruzTexas 15th DistrictSupporting$11K✓ Yes
Tony GonzalezTexas 23rd DistrictSupporting$9K✓ Yes
Eric SchmittMissouri SenateSupporting$7K✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Benjamin Navarro spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?
Benjamin Navarro gave $2.8M 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, 65% were on the winning side ($443K won, $234K lost). $12K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Benjamin Navarro fund in 2022?
Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($2.8M).
Which candidates did Benjamin Navarro's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?
for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $132K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $105K, won); for Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $99K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.