Which super PACs did Reed Hastings fund in 2022?

Senate Majority PAC ($3.0M), House Majority PAC ($964K), DCCC ($36K).

Which candidates did Reed Hastings's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $367K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $221K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $211K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Reed Hastings

Individual

CEO, Netflix · California

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

Backed winners

Reed Hastings gave $4.0M 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, 77% were on the winning side ($1.7M won, $507K lost). $33K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$4.0M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

77%

$2.2M scored (54% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$507K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.8M

$1.8M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $33K 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 $1.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.0M	$1.1M / $336K
House Majority PAC $196K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$964K	$593K / $169K
DCCC $27K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K	$7K / $2K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$367K	✓ Yes
Blake Masters	Arizona Senate	Attacking	$221K	✓ Yes
Adam Paul Laxalt	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$211K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$171K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$98K	✗ No
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$76K	✓ Yes
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$74K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$42K	✗ No
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$41K	✓ Yes
Mark Robertson	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$29K	✓ Yes
Chuck Morse	New Hampshire Senate (primary)	Attacking	$27K	Unknown
Mark Kelly	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$26K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Reed Hastings spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Reed Hastings gave $4.0M 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, 77% were on the winning side ($1.7M won, $507K lost). $33K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Reed Hastings fund in 2022?: Senate Majority PAC ($3.0M), House Majority PAC ($964K), DCCC ($36K).
Which candidates did Reed Hastings's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $367K, won); against Blake Masters (Arizona Senate, about $221K, won); against Adam Paul Laxalt (Nevada Senate, about $211K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.