Which candidates did Ellen Barrosse's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $89K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $72K, lost); for Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $46K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Ellen Barrosse

Individual

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Synchrogenix Information Strategies · Delaware

1 reported gift; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Ellen Barrosse 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, 32% were on the winning side ($148K won, $318K lost). $7K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

32%

$466K scored (47% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$318K

Not allocated or result unknown

$534K

$527K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $7K 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
Women Speak Out PAC $527K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M		$148K / $318K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$89K	✗ No
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$72K	✗ No
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$46K	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$36K	✓ Yes
Val Demings	Florida Senate	Attacking	$34K	✓ Yes
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$28K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$23K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$14K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$8K	✗ No
Kathy Barnette	Pennsylvania Senate (primary)	Supporting	$7K	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did Ellen Barrosse spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Ellen Barrosse 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, 32% were on the winning side ($148K won, $318K lost). $7K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Ellen Barrosse fund in 2022?: Women Speak Out PAC ($1.0M).
Which candidates did Ellen Barrosse's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $89K, lost); against Mark Kelly (Arizona Senate, about $72K, lost); for Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $46K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.