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

against Donald Trump (President, about $337K, lost); against Mike Garcia (California 27th District, about $246K, won); against Juan Ciscomani (Arizona 6th District, about $224K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Giffords

Company / nonprofit

3 reported gifts; 1 recipient group listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Backed losers

Giffords gave $3.2M 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, 16% were on the winning side ($246K won, $1.3M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$3.2M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

16%

$1.5M scored (47% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$1.3M

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.7M

$1.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $0 has no matched result. Neither is cash on hand.

Where the checks went

A company, LLC or nonprofit. Where its money came from is not reported. 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	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Giffords PAC $1.7M not allocated to tracked outside spending	$3.2M		$246K / $1.3M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$337K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 27th District	Attacking	$246K	✓ Yes
Juan Ciscomani	Arizona 6th District	Attacking	$224K	✗ No
Don Bacon	Nebraska 2nd District	Attacking	$196K	✗ No
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$177K	✗ No
Mike Lawler	New York 17th District	Attacking	$175K	✗ No
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$105K	✗ No
Mondaire L. Jones	New York 17th District	Supporting	$49K	✗ No

Company / nonprofit as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did Giffords spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Giffords gave $3.2M 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, 16% were on the winning side ($246K won, $1.3M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Giffords fund in 2024?: Giffords PAC ($3.2M).
Which candidates did Giffords's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Donald Trump (President, about $337K, lost); against Mike Garcia (California 27th District, about $246K, won); against Juan Ciscomani (Arizona 6th District, about $224K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.