Which super PACs did Rob Walton fund in 2024?

Americans for Prosperity Action ($5.0M), Senate Leadership Fund ($2.0M), Fix Washington PAC ($500K), Best of America PAC ($100K), Welcomepac ($100K).

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

for Nikki Haley (President, about $855K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $628K, won); against Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin Senate, about $550K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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Rob Walton

Individual

Retired, Walmart heir · Arkansas

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

Mixed results

Rob Walton gave $7.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 58% were on the winning side ($2.9M won, $2.1M lost). $1.3M had no matched result and is excluded.

Gave to outside spenders

$7.8M

99% of it helped Republicans

Winning share of scored dollars

58%

$5.0M scored (64% of gifts)

Spent on the losing side

$2.1M

Not allocated or result unknown

$2.8M

$1.6M not allocated to tracked outside spending; $1.3M 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
Americans for Prosperity Action $843K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$5.0M	$1.8M / $1.2M
Senate Leadership Fund $605K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$2.0M	$994K / $401K
Fix Washington PAC $21K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$500K	$25K / $454K
Best of America PAC $21K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$0 / $0
Welcomepac $28K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$100K	$24K / $47K
Trust in the Mission PAC $16K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$50K	$0 / $0
NRSC $38K not allocated to tracked outside spending	$41K	$16 / $3K

The trail

What the money bought

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

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Nikki Haley	President (primary)	Supporting	$855K	Unknown
Sherrod Brown	Ohio Senate	Attacking	$628K	✓ Yes
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate	Attacking	$550K	✗ No
Robert P. Casey Jr.	Pennsylvania Senate	Attacking	$526K	✓ Yes
Bernard F. Moreno	Ohio Senate	Supporting	$394K	✓ Yes
Elissa Slotkin	Michigan Senate	Attacking	$360K	✗ No
Dave McCormick	Pennsylvania Senate	Supporting	$321K	✓ Yes
Donald Trump	President (primary)	Attacking	$274K	✗ No
Joseph Biden	President (primary)	Attacking	$258K	Unknown
Jon Tester	Montana Senate	Attacking	$223K	✓ Yes
Tammy Baldwin	Wisconsin Senate (primary)	Attacking	$206K	✗ No
Mike Rogers	Michigan Senate	Supporting	$172K	✗ No

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

Questions people ask

How much did Rob Walton spend on the 2024 elections, and did it win?: Rob Walton gave $7.8M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2024 federal elections, and 99% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). Among dollars with a matched election-stage result, 58% were on the winning side ($2.9M won, $2.1M lost). $1.3M had no matched result and is excluded.
Which super PACs did Rob Walton fund in 2024?: Americans for Prosperity Action ($5.0M), Senate Leadership Fund ($2.0M), Fix Washington PAC ($500K), Best of America PAC ($100K), Welcomepac ($100K).
Which candidates did Rob Walton's money end up backing or attacking in 2024?: for Nikki Haley (President, about $855K, unknown); against Sherrod Brown (Ohio Senate, about $628K, won); against Tammy Baldwin (Wisconsin Senate, about $550K, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.