Which super PACs did Richard Baxter Gilliam fund in 2022?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($2.1M), Senate Leadership Fund ($500K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($400K), American Policy Fund ($100K), American Patriots PAC ($100K).

Which candidates did Richard Baxter Gilliam's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $328K, lost); for Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $248K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $240K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Richard Baxter Gilliam

Individual

President and CEO, Self Employed · Virginia

13 reported gifts; 9 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Richard Baxter Gilliam gave $3.5M 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, 45% were on the winning side ($1.3M won, $1.5M lost). $86K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.5M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

45%

$2.8M scored (80% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.5M

Not allocated or result unknown

$707K

$621K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $86K 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $334K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.1M	$904K / $842K
Senate Leadership Fund $83K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$174K / $242K
Congressional Leadership Fund $52K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400K	$130K / $210K
American Policy Fund $8K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$6K / $81K
American Patriots PAC $49K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$34K / $5K
Wfw Action Fund Inc $24K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$3K / $32K
Evergreen Principles PAC $13K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$0 / $87K
NRCC $26K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$4K / $7K
NRSC $32K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$37K	$1K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$328K	✗ No
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$248K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$240K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$180K	✓ Yes
Eric Schmitt	Missouri Senate (primary)	Supporting	$131K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$120K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$114K	✗ No
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$84K	✓ Yes
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$75K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$74K	✓ Yes
Patty Murray	Washington Senate	Attacking	$64K	✗ No
Michael Bennet	Colorado Senate	Attacking	$57K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Richard Baxter Gilliam spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Richard Baxter Gilliam gave $3.5M 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, 45% were on the winning side ($1.3M won, $1.5M lost). $86K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Richard Baxter Gilliam fund in 2022?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($2.1M), Senate Leadership Fund ($500K), Congressional Leadership Fund ($400K), American Policy Fund ($100K), American Patriots PAC ($100K).
Which candidates did Richard Baxter Gilliam's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $328K, lost); for Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $248K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $240K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.