Which super PACs did Shirley Ryan fund in 2022?

Senate Leadership Fund ($7.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), NRSC ($73K).

Which candidates did Shirley Ryan's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $1.1M, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $1.1M, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $908K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Shirley Ryan

Individual

Chairman, Pathways.Org · Illinois

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

Mixed results

Shirley Ryan gave $7.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 98% 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, 43% were on the winning side ($2.8M won, $3.7M lost). $7K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$7.8M

98% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

43%

$6.5M scored (83% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$3.7M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.4M

$1.4M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $7K 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 Leadership Fund $1.2M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$7.0M	$2.4M / $3.4M
Americans for Prosperity Action $119K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$750K	$323K / $301K
NRSC $64K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$73K	$3K / $7K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$1.1M	✗ No
Raphael Warnock	Georgia Senate	Attacking	$1.1M	✗ No
Cheri Beasley	North Carolina Senate	Attacking	$908K	✓ Yes
Tim Ryan	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$771K	✓ Yes
Mandela Barnes	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$634K	✓ Yes
Catherine Cortez Masto	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$608K	✗ No
Herschel Junior Walker	Georgia Senate	Supporting	$319K	✗ No
Donald C. Bolduc	New Hampshire Senate	Supporting	$220K	✗ No
Maggie Hassan	New Hampshire Senate	Attacking	$161K	✗ No
Kelly C. Tshibaka	Alaska Senate	Attacking	$146K	✓ Yes
Mehmet Oz	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$89K	✗ No
Ted Budd	North Carolina Senate	Supporting	$86K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Shirley Ryan spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Shirley Ryan gave $7.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2022 federal elections, and 98% 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, 43% were on the winning side ($2.8M won, $3.7M lost). $7K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Shirley Ryan fund in 2022?: Senate Leadership Fund ($7.0M), Americans for Prosperity Action ($750K), NRSC ($73K).
Which candidates did Shirley Ryan's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $1.1M, lost); against Raphael Warnock (Georgia Senate, about $1.1M, lost); against Cheri Beasley (North Carolina Senate, about $908K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.