Which super PACs did Rob Walton fund in 2022?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($2.0M), NRSC ($36K).

Which candidates did Rob Walton's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $299K, lost); for Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $236K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $229K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Rob Walton

Individual

Retired, Walmart heir · Arkansas

2 reported gifts; 2 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Rob Walton gave $2.0M 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, 52% were on the winning side ($863K won, $805K lost). $19K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

52%

$1.7M scored (82% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$805K

Not allocated or result unknown

$368K

$349K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $19K 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $318K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M		$861K / $801K
NRSC $31K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$36K		$1K / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$299K	✗ No
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$236K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$229K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$171K	✓ Yes
Eric Schmitt	Missouri Senate (primary)	Supporting	$125K	✓ Yes
Ron Johnson	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Supporting	$70K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$38K	✓ Yes
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$38K	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$36K	✗ No
Nick Begich	Alaska at-large House seat	Supporting	$29K	✗ No
Mike Lee	Utah Senate	Supporting	$23K	✓ Yes
Marìa Elvira Salazar	Florida 27th District	Supporting	$21K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Rob Walton spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Rob Walton gave $2.0M 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, 52% were on the winning side ($863K won, $805K lost). $19K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Rob Walton fund in 2022?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($2.0M), NRSC ($36K).
Which candidates did Rob Walton's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: for Herschel Junior Walker (Georgia Senate, about $299K, lost); for Mehmet Oz (Pennsylvania Senate, about $236K, lost); for Ted Budd (North Carolina Senate, about $229K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.