Which super PACs did Eric Laufer fund in 2024?

Lcv Victory Fund ($500K), House Majority PAC ($388K), Somos PAC ($275K), Blackpac ($275K), Standing Strong PAC ($200K).

Which candidates did Eric Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

for Kamala Harris (President, about $344K, lost); against Steve Garvey (California Senate, about $173K, lost); for Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $43K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Eric Laufer

Individual

Engineer, Laufer Wind Group · New York

17 reported gifts; 7 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Eric Laufer gave $1.8M 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, 31% were on the winning side ($366K won, $800K lost). $25K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.8M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

31%

$1.2M scored (65% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$800K

Not allocated or result unknown

$636K

$611K not allocated to tracked outside spending; $25K 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
Lcv Victory Fund $267K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$98K / $131K
House Majority PAC $96K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$388K	$152K / $130K
Somos PAC $33K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$275K	$71K / $170K
Blackpac $56K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$275K	$25K / $184K
Standing Strong PAC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$200K	$3K / $173K
DCCC $65K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$83K	$9K / $7K
DSCC $70K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$83K	$8K / $5K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$344K	✗ No
Steve Garvey	California Senate (primary)	Attacking	$173K	✗ No
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$43K	✗ No
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$39K	✓ Yes
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$27K	✗ No
Jacky S. Rosen	Nevada Senate	Supporting	$27K	✓ Yes
Ruben Gallego	Arizona Senate	Supporting	$21K	✓ Yes
Ruben Gallego	Arizona Senate (primary)	Supporting	$18K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$15K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$14K	✗ No
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$14K	✓ Yes
Michelle Steel	California 45th District	Attacking	$13K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Eric Laufer spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Eric Laufer gave $1.8M 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, 31% were on the winning side ($366K won, $800K lost). $25K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Eric Laufer fund in 2024?: Lcv Victory Fund ($500K), House Majority PAC ($388K), Somos PAC ($275K), Blackpac ($275K), Standing Strong PAC ($200K).
Which candidates did Eric Laufer's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $344K, lost); against Steve Garvey (California Senate, about $173K, lost); for Robert P. Casey Jr. (Pennsylvania Senate, about $43K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.