Which super PACs did James Pope fund in 2024?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.2M), SFA Fund ($600K), Committed to America PAC ($500K), Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. ($200K), NRSC ($42K).

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

for Nikki Haley (President, about $601K, unknown); for Michael Pence (President, about $288K, unknown); against Ron Desantis (President, about $179K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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James Pope

Individual

Retailer, Variety Wholesalers Inc. · North Carolina

15 gifts to 9 groups, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Winner

James Pope gave $2.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 78% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 66% ended up on the winning side ($767K won, $398K lost).

Gave to outside spenders

$2.5M

78% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

66%

$767K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$398K

Not spent yet

$1.4M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the cheques went

A person writing cheques 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 cheque 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $162K not spent yet	$1.2M	$514K / $299K
SFA Fund	$600K	$181K / $34K
Committed to America PAC $212K not spent yet	$500K	$0 / $0
Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. $65K not spent yet	$200K	$71K / $56K
NRSC $33K not spent yet	$42K	$47 / $8K
Red Senate	$1K	$816 / $184
Senate Conservatives Fund	$240	$181 / $44
NRCC	$200	$58 / $142
Americans for Constitutional Liberty Dba the Conservative Caucus	$200	$192 / $0

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$601K	Unknown
Michael Pence	President (primary)	Supporting	$288K	Unknown
Ron Desantis	President (primary)	Attacking	$179K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$102K	✗ No
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$87K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$86K	✓ Yes
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$66K	✓ Yes
Eric Hovde	Wisconsin Senate	Supporting	$52K	✗ No
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$52K	✓ Yes
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$48K	✓ Yes
Mike Rogers	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$43K	✗ No
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$41K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did James Pope spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: James Pope gave $2.5M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 78% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Dec 31, 2024). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 66% ended up on the winning side ($767K won, $398K lost).
Which super PACs did James Pope fund in 2024?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($1.2M), SFA Fund ($600K), Committed to America PAC ($500K), Conservatives for American Excellence Inc. ($200K), NRSC ($42K).
Which candidates did James Pope's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Nikki Haley (President, about $601K, unknown); for Michael Pence (President, about $288K, unknown); against Ron Desantis (President, about $179K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.