Which super PACs did Caryl Ratner fund in 2022?

Wisconsin Truth PAC ($800K), Morning in America PAC ($200K).

Which candidates did Caryl Ratner's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $462K, won); for Ron Johnson (Wisconsin Senate, about $246K, won); against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $64K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Caryl Ratner

Individual

Owner, Joseph Ratner Co, Inc · New York

2 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Caryl Ratner gave $1.0M 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, 74% were on the winning side ($715K won, $251K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

74%

$966K scored (97% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$251K

Not allocated or result unknown

$34K

$34K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 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
Wisconsin Truth PAC $32K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$800K		$708K / $61K
Morning in America PAC $3K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K		$7K / $190K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$462K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$246K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$64K	✗ No
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$61K	✗ No
April Becker	Nevada 3rd District	Supporting	$40K	✗ No
Susie Lee	Nevada 3rd District	Attacking	$37K	✗ No
Steven A. Horsford	Nevada 4th District	Attacking	$19K	✗ No
Sam Peters	Nevada 4th District	Supporting	$19K	✗ No
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$12K	✗ No
Kermit Jones	California 3rd District	Attacking	$4K	✓ Yes
Kevin Kiley	California 3rd District	Supporting	$4K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Caryl Ratner spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Caryl Ratner gave $1.0M 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, 74% were on the winning side ($715K won, $251K lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Caryl Ratner fund in 2022?: Wisconsin Truth PAC ($800K), Morning in America PAC ($200K).
Which candidates did Caryl Ratner's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $462K, won); for Ron Johnson (Wisconsin Senate, about $246K, won); against Catherine Cortez Masto (Nevada Senate, about $64K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.