Which super PACs did Dean Buntrock fund in 2022?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.5M), Restoration PAC ($30K).

Which candidates did Dean Buntrock's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $224K, lost); for Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $177K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $172K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Dean Buntrock

Individual

Retired, Retired · Illinois

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

Mixed results

Dean Buntrock gave $1.5M 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, 52% were on the winning side ($646K won, $603K lost). $14K had no matched result and is excluded.

$1.5M

Gave to outside spenders

100% of it helped Republicans

52%

Winning share of scored dollars

$1.2M scored (82% of gifts)

$603K

Spent on the losing side

$280K

Not allocated or result unknown

$266K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $14K 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $239K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M		$646K / $601K
Restoration PAC $28K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$30K		$163 / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$224K	✗ No
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$177K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$172K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$128K	✓ Yes
Eric Schmitt	Missouri Senate (primary)	Supporting	$94K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$53K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$28K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$28K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Nick Begich	Alaska at-large House seat	Supporting	$22K	✗ No
Mike Lee	Utah Senate	Supporting	$17K	✓ Yes
Marìa Elvira Salazar	Florida 27th District	Supporting	$16K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Dean Buntrock spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Dean Buntrock gave $1.5M 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, 52% were on the winning side ($646K won, $603K lost). $14K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Dean Buntrock fund in 2022?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.5M), Restoration PAC ($30K).
Which candidates did Dean Buntrock's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $224K, lost); for Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $177K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $172K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.