Which super PACs did Connie Ballmer fund in 2022?

Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund) ($5.0M), House Majority PAC ($1.0M), DCCC ($37K).

Which candidates did Connie Ballmer's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Lucy McBath (Georgia 7th District, about $504K, won); against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $279K, won); against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $276K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Connie Ballmer

Individual

Co-Founder and CEO, Ballmer Group (Microsoft fortune) · Washington

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

Backed winners

Connie Ballmer gave $6.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 83% were on the winning side ($2.1M won, $453K lost). $6K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$6.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

83%

$2.6M scored (43% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$453K

Not allocated or result unknown

$3.4M

$3.4M 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	Won / lost
Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund) $3.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M	$1.5M / $276K
House Majority PAC $204K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$615K / $175K
DCCC $27K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$7K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Lucy McBath	Georgia 7th District (primary)	Supporting	$504K	✓ Yes
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$279K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$276K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$269K	✗ No
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$229K	✓ Yes
Joe O'Dea	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$212K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$30K	✓ Yes
Cassy Garcia	Texas 28th District	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Yesli I. Vega	Virginia 7th District	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Jeremy Shaffer	Pennsylvania 17th District	Attacking	$25K	✓ Yes
Lisa Scheller	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$25K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Connie Ballmer spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Connie Ballmer gave $6.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 83% were on the winning side ($2.1M won, $453K lost). $6K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Connie Ballmer fund in 2022?: Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund) ($5.0M), House Majority PAC ($1.0M), DCCC ($37K).
Which candidates did Connie Ballmer's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Lucy McBath (Georgia 7th District, about $504K, won); against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $279K, won); against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $276K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.