Which super PACs did Eric Laufer fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($413K), House Majority PAC ($375K), Lcv Victory Fund ($275K), Somos PAC ($275K), Black PAC ($275K).

Which candidates did Eric Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $101K, won); against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $75K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $74K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Eric Laufer

Individual

Engineer, Laufer Wind Group · New York

13 reported gifts; 8 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Eric Laufer gave $1.9M 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, 82% were on the winning side ($823K won, $175K lost). $13K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.9M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

82%

$998K scored (52% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$175K

Not allocated or result unknown

$910K

$898K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $13K 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
Senate Majority PAC $217K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$413K	$145K / $46K
House Majority PAC $76K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$375K	$231K / $66K
Lcv Victory Fund $120K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$275K	$135K / $15K
Somos PAC $102K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$275K	$136K / $37K
Black PAC $153K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$275K	$117K / $4K
Planned Parenthood Votes $113K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150K	$34K / $3K
DSCC $61K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$73K	$11K / $1K
DCCC $55K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$73K	$14K / $4K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$101K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$75K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$74K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$68K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$57K	✓ Yes
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$54K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$35K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate (primary)	Attacking	$34K	✗ No
Joe O'Dea	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$26K	✗ No
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$21K	✓ Yes
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$14K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Eric Laufer spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Eric Laufer gave $1.9M 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, 82% were on the winning side ($823K won, $175K lost). $13K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Eric Laufer fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($413K), House Majority PAC ($375K), Lcv Victory Fund ($275K), Somos PAC ($275K), Black PAC ($275K).
Which candidates did Eric Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $101K, won); against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $75K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $74K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.