Which super PACs did Louise Gund fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($1.1M), The Lincoln Project ($200K), House Majority PAC ($150K), DCCC ($37K).

Which candidates did Louise Gund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $129K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $78K, 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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Louise Gund

Individual

Philanthropist/Photographer, Self-Employed · California

11 reported gifts; 4 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed winners

Louise Gund gave $1.4M 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, 76% were on the winning side ($473K won, $151K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.4M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

76%

$623K scored (43% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$151K

Not allocated or result unknown

$818K

$807K 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
Senate Majority PAC $555K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.1M	$372K / $118K
The Lincoln Project $194K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K	$1K / $4K
House Majority PAC $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$150K	$92K / $26K
DCCC $27K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$7K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$129K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$78K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$74K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$60K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$35K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$27K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$26K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$15K	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$14K	✓ Yes
Chuck Morse	New Hampshire Senate (primary)	Attacking	$10K	Unknown
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$9K	✓ Yes
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$7K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Louise Gund spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Louise Gund gave $1.4M 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, 76% were on the winning side ($473K won, $151K lost). $11K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Louise Gund fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($1.1M), The Lincoln Project ($200K), House Majority PAC ($150K), DCCC ($37K).
Which candidates did Louise Gund's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $129K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $78K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $74K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.