Which super PACs did Lawrence Ellison fund in 2022?

Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($30M).

Which candidates did Lawrence Ellison's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $1.4M, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $1.1M, won); for Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $1.1M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Lawrence Ellison

Individual

Executive Chairman and CTO, Oracle Corporation · California

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

Backed winners

Lawrence Ellison gave $30M 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, 65% were on the winning side ($4.8M won, $2.5M lost). $127K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$30M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

65%

$7.4M scored (25% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.5M

Not allocated or result unknown

$23M

$23M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $127K 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
Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. $23M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$30M		$4.8M / $2.5M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$1.4M	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$1.1M	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$1.1M	✗ No
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$949K	✓ Yes
Tim Scott	South Carolina Senate	Supporting	$749K	✓ Yes
Ashley Hinson	Iowa 2nd District	Supporting	$410K	✓ Yes
Wesley Hunt	Texas 38th District (primary)	Supporting	$369K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan 10th District	Supporting	$329K	✓ Yes
Mariannette Miller-Meeks	Iowa 1st District	Supporting	$327K	✓ Yes
Monica De La Cruz	Texas 15th District	Supporting	$120K	✓ Yes
Tony Gonzalez	Texas 23rd District	Supporting	$99K	✓ Yes
Eric Schmitt	Missouri Senate	Supporting	$75K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Lawrence Ellison spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Lawrence Ellison gave $30M 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, 65% were on the winning side ($4.8M won, $2.5M lost). $127K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Lawrence Ellison fund in 2022?: Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. ($30M).
Which candidates did Lawrence Ellison's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $1.4M, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $1.1M, won); for Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $1.1M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.