Which super PACs did J Joe Ricketts fund in 2022?

Wisconsin Truth PAC ($1.0M), Carolina Senate Fund ($50K), NRSC ($37K).

Which candidates did J Joe Ricketts's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $578K, won); for Ron Johnson (Wisconsin Senate, about $307K, won); against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $76K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

J Joe Ricketts

Individual

Entrepreneur, Hugo Enterprises LLC · Wyoming

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

Backed winners

J Joe Ricketts gave $1.1M 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, 89% were on the winning side ($886K won, $111K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.1M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

89%

$998K scored (92% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$111K

Not allocated or result unknown

$89K

$78K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $11K 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
Wisconsin Truth PAC $39K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$885K / $76K
Carolina Senate Fund $7K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$0 / $32K
NRSC $32K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$1K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$578K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$307K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$76K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Attacking	$32K	✗ No
Patrick Lloyd Mccrory	North Carolina Senate (primary)	Supporting	$11K	Unknown
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$1K	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$874	✓ Yes
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$746	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$511	✗ No
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$404	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$384	✗ No
Kelly Loeffler	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$0	Unknown

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

Questions people ask

How much did J Joe Ricketts spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: J Joe Ricketts gave $1.1M 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, 89% were on the winning side ($886K won, $111K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did J Joe Ricketts fund in 2022?: Wisconsin Truth PAC ($1.0M), Carolina Senate Fund ($50K), NRSC ($37K).
Which candidates did J Joe Ricketts's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $578K, won); for Ron Johnson (Wisconsin Senate, about $307K, won); against Mandela Barnes (Wisconsin Senate, about $76K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.