Which super PACs did Deborah Simon fund in 2022?

Ab PAC ($5.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($3.8M), Planned Parenthood Votes ($2.0M), House Majority PAC ($1.0M), Mainstream Democrats PAC ($1.0M).

Which candidates did Deborah Simon's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $746K, won); against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $478K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $326K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Deborah Simon

Individual

Retired, Self Employed · Indiana

44 reported gifts; 11 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Deborah Simon gave $14M 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, 81% were on the winning side ($3.9M won, $894K lost). $288K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$14M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

81%

$4.8M scored (34% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$894K

Not allocated or result unknown

$9.4M

$9.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $288K 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
Ab PAC $4.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M	$404K / $0
Senate Majority PAC $2.0M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.8M	$1.3M / $421K
Planned Parenthood Votes $1.5M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$450K / $38K
House Majority PAC $204K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$615K / $175K
Mainstream Democrats PAC $301K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$326K / $162K
Shield PAC $293K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$663K / $43K
Votevets $120K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$79K / $50K
DSCC $46K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$54K	$8K / $758
End Citizens United $43K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$53K	$7K / $3K
Penn Progress, Inc. $15K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$0 / $0
DCCC $29K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$38K	$7K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$746K	✓ Yes
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$478K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$326K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$309K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$233K	✗ No
Henry Cuellar	Texas 28th District	Supporting	$214K	✓ Yes
Kurt Schrader	Oregon 5th District (primary)	Supporting	$167K	Unknown
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$126K	✗ No
Abigail A. Spanberger	Virginia 7th District	Supporting	$112K	✓ Yes
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan 7th District	Supporting	$101K	✓ Yes
Kim Schrier	Washington 8th District	Supporting	$98K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$98K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Deborah Simon spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Deborah Simon gave $14M 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, 81% were on the winning side ($3.9M won, $894K lost). $288K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Deborah Simon fund in 2022?: Ab PAC ($5.0M), Senate Majority PAC ($3.8M), Planned Parenthood Votes ($2.0M), House Majority PAC ($1.0M), Mainstream Democrats PAC ($1.0M).
Which candidates did Deborah Simon's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $746K, won); against Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $478K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $326K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.