Which super PACs did Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund fund in 2022?

Conservatives for a Stronger America ($1.5M), Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. ($375K), American Liberty Action PAC ($125K).

Which candidates did Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Heidi St. John (Washington 3rd District, about $932K, unknown); against Joe Kent (Washington 3rd District, about $521K, lost); against Karoline Leavitt (New Hampshire 1st District, about $69K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund

Another PAC

Texas

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

Limited result coverage

Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund gave $2.0M 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, 21% were on the winning side ($162K won, $623K lost). $1.1M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

21%

$785K scored (39% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$623K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.2M

$142K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1.1M has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

Another political committee passing money along. The original donor is one step upstream. 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
Conservatives for a Stronger America $47K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M	$0 / $521K
Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. $36K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$375K	$160K / $101K
American Liberty Action PAC $59K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$125K	$2K / $1K

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Heidi St. John	Washington 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$932K	Unknown
Joe Kent	Washington 3rd District (primary)	Attacking	$521K	✗ No
Karoline Leavitt	New Hampshire 1st District (primary)	Attacking	$69K	✗ No
Brad Finstad	Minnesota 1st District	Supporting	$40K	✓ Yes
Loren Culp	Washington 4th District (primary)	Attacking	$34K	Unknown
Anthony Sabatini	Florida 7th District (primary)	Attacking	$30K	Unknown
Tony Vargas	Nebraska 2nd District	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Dan Newhouse	Washington 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$26K	✓ Yes
Alexander X. Mooney	West Virginia 2nd District (primary)	Attacking	$26K	✗ No
Mike Simpson	Idaho 2nd District (primary)	Supporting	$25K	✓ Yes
Carl Pasquale Paladino	New York 23rd District (primary)	Attacking	$20K	Unknown
George Hansel	New Hampshire 2nd District (primary)	Supporting	$14K	Unknown

Another PAC as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund gave $2.0M 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, 21% were on the winning side ($162K won, $623K lost). $1.1M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund fund in 2022?: Conservatives for a Stronger America ($1.5M), Defending Main Street Superpac Inc. ($375K), American Liberty Action PAC ($125K).
Which candidates did Eighteen Fifty-Four Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Heidi St. John (Washington 3rd District, about $932K, unknown); against Joe Kent (Washington 3rd District, about $521K, lost); against Karoline Leavitt (New Hampshire 1st District, about $69K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.