Which super PACs did Thomas Peterffy fund in 2022?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($5.0M), American Leadership Action ($1.5M), Connecticut Patriots PAC ($500K), Our American Century ($300K), Saving Arizona PAC ($300K).

Which candidates did Thomas Peterffy's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?

against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $1.0M, lost); against Blumenthal (Connecticut Senate, about $457K, lost); against Dave Mccormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $267K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Thomas Peterffy

Individual

Executive, Interactive Brokers Group · Florida

6 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Thomas Peterffy gave $7.6M 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, 28% were on the winning side ($1.8M won, $4.4M lost). $457K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$7.6M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

28%

$6.2M scored (82% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$4.4M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.4M

$934K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $457K 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
Congressional Leadership Fund $653K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M	$1.6M / $2.6M
American Leadership Action $162K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M	$16K / $1.0M
Connecticut Patriots PAC $41K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$2K / $457K
Our American Century $19K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$39K / $229K
Saving Arizona PAC $59K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$300K	$80K / $126K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
John K. Fetterman	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$1.0M	✗ No
Blumenthal	Connecticut Senate	Attacking	$457K	✗ No
Dave Mccormick	Pennsylvania Senate (primary)	Attacking	$267K	Unknown
Susie Lee	Nevada 3rd District	Attacking	$207K	✗ No
Dina Titus	Nevada 1st District	Attacking	$165K	✗ No
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$154K	✗ No
Sean Patrick Maloney	New York 17th District	Attacking	$144K	✓ Yes
Katie Porter	California 47th District	Attacking	$130K	✗ No
Adam Gray	California 13th District	Attacking	$127K	✓ Yes
Frank J. Mrvan	Indiana 1st District	Attacking	$121K	✗ No
Jamie McLeod-Skinner	Oregon 5th District	Attacking	$118K	✓ Yes
Rudy Salas	California 22nd District	Attacking	$114K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Thomas Peterffy spend on the 2022 elections, and did it win?: Thomas Peterffy gave $7.6M 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, 28% were on the winning side ($1.8M won, $4.4M lost). $457K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Thomas Peterffy fund in 2022?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($5.0M), American Leadership Action ($1.5M), Connecticut Patriots PAC ($500K), Our American Century ($300K), Saving Arizona PAC ($300K).
Which candidates did Thomas Peterffy's money end up backing or attacking in 2022?: against John K. Fetterman (Pennsylvania Senate, about $1.0M, lost); against Blumenthal (Connecticut Senate, about $457K, lost); against Dave Mccormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $267K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.