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Bernie Marcus

Individual

Philanthropist, Home Depot co-founder · Georgia

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

Attribution unavailable

Bernie Marcus gave $12M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.

Historical gift amounts are retained from the earlier snapshot. Outcome and party estimates are unavailable until the underlying donor records are rebuilt and checked.

Gave to outside spenders

$12M

Winning share of scored dollars

–

$0 scored (0% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$0

Not allocated or result unknown

$12M

$0 not allocated to tracked outside spending; $12M has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

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
GroupGaveHow the group spent itWon / lost
Senate Leadership Fund$4.0M
$0 / $0
34n22, Inc.$2.3M
$0 / $0
USA Freedom Fund$2.0M
$0 / $0
Congressional Leadership Fund$1.7M
$0 / $0
United Democracy Project$1.0M
$0 / $0
Missouri First Action, Inc.$1.0M
$0 / $0
Florida First Project$250K
$0 / $0
Honor Pennsylvania$100K
$0 / $0

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

Questions people ask

How much did Bernie Marcus spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?
Bernie Marcus gave $12M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2022). Historical gift amounts are retained; outcome estimates are unavailable pending a source rebuild.
Which super PACs did Bernie Marcus fund in 2022?
Senate Leadership Fund ($4.0M), 34n22, Inc. ($2.3M), USA Freedom Fund ($2.0M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($1.7M), United Democracy Project ($1.0M).