Which super PACs did Douglas Leone fund in 2024?

Never Back Down ($2.0M), Right for America ($2.0M), America PAC ($1.0M).

Which candidates did Douglas Leone's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Kamala Harris (President, about $1.6M, won); for Donald Trump (President, about $839K, won); for Ron Desantis (President, about $444K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Donor

Douglas Leone

Individual

Partner, Sequoia Capital · California

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

Backed winners

Douglas Leone gave $5.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 97% were on the winning side ($2.5M won, $64K lost). $546K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$5.0M

100% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

97%

$2.5M scored (51% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$64K

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.5M

$1.9M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $546K 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
Never Back Down $1.5M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$0 / $6K
Right for America $81K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$1.9M / $26K
America PAC $347K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$587K / $32K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Attacking	$1.6M	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President	Supporting	$839K	✓ Yes
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Supporting	$444K	Unknown
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Attacking	$67K	Unknown
Joe Biden	President	Attacking	$34K	Unknown
Kamala Harris	President (primary)	Attacking	$26K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$6K	✗ No
Ken Calvert	California 41st District	Supporting	$4K	✓ Yes
Thomas H. Kean Jr.	New Jersey 7th District	Supporting	$4K	✓ Yes
Mike Lawler	New York 17th District	Supporting	$4K	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 45th District	Supporting	$3K	✗ No
Mondaire L. Jones	New York 17th District	Attacking	$3K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Douglas Leone spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Douglas Leone gave $5.0M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 97% were on the winning side ($2.5M won, $64K lost). $546K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Douglas Leone fund in 2024?: Never Back Down ($2.0M), Right for America ($2.0M), America PAC ($1.0M).
Which candidates did Douglas Leone's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Kamala Harris (President, about $1.6M, won); for Donald Trump (President, about $839K, won); for Ron Desantis (President, about $444K, unknown). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.