Which super PACs did Mark Heising fund in 2024?

House Majority PAC ($1.1M), Project 218 ($250K), Welcomepac ($250K), DSCC ($41K), Democracyfirst PAC ($30K).

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

for Josh Riley (New York 19th District, about $44K, won); for John P. Avlon (New York 1st District, about $44K, won); against Austin Theriault (Maine 2nd District, about $36K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Mark Heising

Individual

Managing Director, Medley Partners · California

7 reported gifts; 6 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Mark Heising gave $1.6M 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, 48% were on the winning side ($540K won, $574K lost). $25K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$1.6M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

48%

$1.1M scored (68% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$574K

Not allocated or result unknown

$517K

$492K 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
House Majority PAC $261K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.1M	$412K / $353K
Project 218 $101K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$63K / $85K
Welcomepac $70K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$250K	$61K / $118K
DSCC $35K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$4K / $2K
Democracyfirst PAC $23K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$30K	$0 / $7K
Standing Strong PAC $1K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$10K	$161 / $9K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Josh Riley	New York 19th District	Supporting	$44K	✓ Yes
John P. Avlon	New York 1st District (primary)	Supporting	$44K	✓ Yes
Austin Theriault	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$36K	✓ Yes
Nicholas J. LaLota	New York 1st District	Attacking	$33K	✗ No
Susan Wild	Pennsylvania 7th District	Supporting	$31K	✗ No
Tom Barrett	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$31K	✗ No
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$30K	✓ Yes
Scott Baugh	California 47th District	Attacking	$30K	✓ Yes
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	Washington 3rd District	Supporting	$28K	✓ Yes
John Duarte	California 13th District	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes
Ryan E. Mackenzie	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$27K	✗ No
Mike Garcia	California 27th District	Attacking	$27K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Mark Heising spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Mark Heising gave $1.6M 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, 48% were on the winning side ($540K won, $574K lost). $25K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Mark Heising fund in 2024?: House Majority PAC ($1.1M), Project 218 ($250K), Welcomepac ($250K), DSCC ($41K), Democracyfirst PAC ($30K).
Which candidates did Mark Heising's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Josh Riley (New York 19th District, about $44K, won); for John P. Avlon (New York 1st District, about $44K, won); against Austin Theriault (Maine 2nd District, about $36K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.