Which candidates did Nrdc Action Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?

against Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $2.0M, lost); against Scott Baugh (California 47th District, about $499K, won); against Brandon M. Williams (New York 22nd District, about $399K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Nrdc Action Fund

Company / nonprofit

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

Backed losers

Nrdc Action Fund gave $5.0M 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, 32% were on the winning side ($1.4M won, $3.0M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.

$5.0M

Gave to outside spenders

100% of it helped Democrats

32%

Winning share of scored dollars

$4.4M scored (88% of gifts)

$3.0M

Spent on the losing side

$611K

Not allocated or result unknown

$611K 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
Nrdc Action Votes $611K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M		$1.4M / $3.0M

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$2.0M	✗ No
Scott Baugh	California 47th District	Attacking	$499K	✓ Yes
Brandon M. Williams	New York 22nd District	Attacking	$399K	✓ Yes
Ted Cruz	Texas Senate	Attacking	$324K	✗ No
Rob Bresnahan Jr.	Pennsylvania 8th District	Attacking	$249K	✗ No
Sandy Smith	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$249K	✓ Yes
Paul Junge	Michigan 8th District	Attacking	$249K	✓ Yes
John James	Michigan 10th District	Attacking	$116K	✗ No
Ken Calvert	California 41st District	Attacking	$100K	✗ No
Scott Perry	Pennsylvania 10th District	Attacking	$99K	✗ No
Thomas H. Kean Jr.	New Jersey 7th District	Attacking	$55K	✗ No
Donald Trump	President	Attacking	$50K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Nrdc Action Fund spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Nrdc Action Fund gave $5.0M 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, 32% were on the winning side ($1.4M won, $3.0M lost). $0 had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Nrdc Action Fund fund in 2024?: Nrdc Action Votes ($5.0M).
Which candidates did Nrdc Action Fund's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: against Dave McCormick (Pennsylvania Senate, about $2.0M, lost); against Scott Baugh (California 47th District, about $499K, won); against Brandon M. Williams (New York 22nd District, about $399K, won). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.