Which super PACs did Amos Hostetter fund in 2024?

House Majority PAC ($1.1M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Lcv Victory Fund ($500K), Unite the Country ($500K), Blackpac ($500K).

Which candidates did Amos Hostetter's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $1.4M, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $195K, lost); for Joseph Biden (President, about $58K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Amos Hostetter

Individual

Chairman, Pilot House Associates (cable fortune) · Massachusetts

16 reported gifts; 12 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Amos Hostetter gave $4.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 25% were on the winning side ($749K won, $2.2M lost). $141K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$4.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

25%

$2.9M scored (64% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.2M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.7M

$1.5M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $141K 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
House Majority PAC $273K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.1M	$432K / $369K
Future Forward (FF PAC) $111K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$0 / $887K
Lcv Victory Fund $267K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$98K / $131K
Unite the Country $250K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$0 / $192K
Blackpac $102K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$46K / $334K
Votevets $264K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400K	$75K / $39K
Ab PAC $103K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$0 / $147K
Edf Action Votes $50K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$125K	$41K / $34K
Women Vote $19K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$32K / $38K
With Honor Fund II, Inc. $37K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$60K	$22K / $0
DSCC $35K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$4K / $2K
Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund $4K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$25K	$0 / $21K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$1.4M	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$195K	✗ No
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Supporting	$58K	Unknown
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$45K	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 45th District	Attacking	$44K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$42K	✗ No
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$41K	✗ No
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$37K	✓ Yes
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$35K	✓ Yes
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 27th District	Attacking	$32K	✓ Yes
Scott Baugh	California 47th District	Attacking	$31K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Amos Hostetter spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Amos Hostetter gave $4.6M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Democrats (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 25% were on the winning side ($749K won, $2.2M lost). $141K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Amos Hostetter fund in 2024?: House Majority PAC ($1.1M), Future Forward (FF PAC) ($1.0M), Lcv Victory Fund ($500K), Unite the Country ($500K), Blackpac ($500K).
Which candidates did Amos Hostetter's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $1.4M, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $195K, lost); for Joseph Biden (President, about $58K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.