Which super PACs did Mary Delaney fund in 2024?

Women Vote ($1.5M), Planned Parenthood Votes ($1.0M), DCCC ($41K), Progressive Turnout Project ($400), Voter Protection Project ($220).

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

for Kamala Harris (President, about $318K, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $277K, lost); against Larry Hogan (Maryland Senate, about $250K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Mary Delaney

Individual

Retired, Retired · California

17 reported gifts; 5 recipient groups listed, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Mixed results

Mary Delaney gave $2.5M 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, 44% were on the winning side ($515K won, $655K lost). $224K had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$2.5M

100% of it helped Democrats

Winning share of scored dollars

44%

$1.2M scored (46% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$655K

Not allocated or result unknown

$1.4M

$1.1M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $224K 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
Women Vote $284K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.5M	$479K / $570K
Planned Parenthood Votes $831K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$1.0M	$31K / $81K
DCCC $33K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$5K / $3K
Progressive Turnout Project $388 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$400	$0 / $12
Voter Protection Project $120 not allocated to tracked outside spending	$220	$14 / $78

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Kamala Harris	President	Supporting	$318K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$277K	✗ No
Larry Hogan	Maryland Senate	Attacking	$250K	✓ Yes
Eric Hovde	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$127K	✓ Yes
David Trone	Maryland Senate (primary)	Attacking	$117K	Unknown
Joseph Biden	President	Supporting	$50K	Unknown
Sam Brown	Nevada Senate	Attacking	$48K	✓ Yes
Joanna Weiss	California 47th District (primary)	Supporting	$37K	Unknown
Mike Rogers	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$24K	✓ Yes
Maggie Goodlander	New Hampshire 2nd District (primary)	Supporting	$18K	✓ Yes
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$16K	✗ No
Anthony P. D'Esposito	New York 4th District	Attacking	$12K	✓ Yes

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

Questions people ask

How much did Mary Delaney spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Mary Delaney gave $2.5M 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, 44% were on the winning side ($515K won, $655K lost). $224K had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Mary Delaney fund in 2024?: Women Vote ($1.5M), Planned Parenthood Votes ($1.0M), DCCC ($41K), Progressive Turnout Project ($400), Voter Protection Project ($220).
Which candidates did Mary Delaney's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Kamala Harris (President, about $318K, lost); against Donald Trump (President, about $277K, lost); against Larry Hogan (Maryland Senate, about $250K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.