Which super PACs did Sam Bankman-Fried fund in 2022?

Protect Our Future ($27M), House Majority PAC ($6.0M), Dmfi PAC ($250K), DCCC ($37K), DSCC ($37K).

Which candidates did Sam Bankman-Fried's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Carrick Flynn (Oregon 6th District, about $10M, unknown); for Lucy McBath (Georgia 7th District, about $1.8M, won); for Jasmine Crockett (Texas 30th District, about $1.4M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Sam Bankman-Fried

Individual

CEO, FTX (collapsed 2022) · ZZ

10 gifts to 6 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

Sam Bankman-Fried gave $33M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 97% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 88% ended up on the winning side ($15M won, $2.0M lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$33M

97% of it helped Democrats

Ended up on the winning side

88%

$15M of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$2.0M

Not spent yet

$17M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques went

A person writing cheques 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 cheque 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
Protect Our Future $3.9M not spent yet	$27M	$11M / $892K
House Majority PAC $1.0M not spent yet	$6.0M	$3.8M / $1.1M
Dmfi PAC $28K not spent yet	$250K	$124K / $25K
DCCC $7K not spent yet	$37K	$23K / $7K
DSCC $20K not spent yet	$37K	$15K / $1K
Chc Bold PAC	$3K	$2K / $144

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Carrick Flynn	Oregon 6th District (primary)	Supporting	$10M	Unknown
Lucy McBath	Georgia 7th District (primary)	Supporting	$1.8M	✓ Yes
Jasmine Crockett	Texas 30th District (primary)	Supporting	$1.4M	✓ Yes
Adam Hollier	Michigan 13th District (primary)	Supporting	$1.0M	Unknown
Shontel Brown	Ohio 11th District (primary)	Supporting	$1.0M	✓ Yes
Valerie P. Foushee	North Carolina 4th District (primary)	Supporting	$1.0M	✓ Yes
Robert Garcia	California 42nd District (primary)	Supporting	$956K	✓ Yes
Morgan McGarvey	Kentucky 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$928K	✓ Yes
Maxwell Alejandro Frost	Florida 10th District (primary)	Supporting	$919K	✓ Yes
Andrea Salinas	Oregon 6th District (primary)	Attacking	$892K	✗ No
Joshua Lafazan	New York 3rd District (primary)	Supporting	$678K	Unknown
Francis Conole	New York 22nd District (primary)	Supporting	$493K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Sam Bankman-Fried spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Sam Bankman-Fried gave $33M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 97% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2022). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 88% ended up on the winning side ($15M won, $2.0M lost).
Which super PACs did Sam Bankman-Fried fund in 2022?: Protect Our Future ($27M), House Majority PAC ($6.0M), Dmfi PAC ($250K), DCCC ($37K), DSCC ($37K).
Which candidates did Sam Bankman-Fried's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Carrick Flynn (Oregon 6th District, about $10M, unknown); for Lucy McBath (Georgia 7th District, about $1.8M, won); for Jasmine Crockett (Texas 30th District, about $1.4M, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.