Which PACs gave the most to Cal Cunningham?

DSCC ($50K), Jstreetpac ($35K), Democracy Engine, Inc., PAC ($13K), End Citizens United ($11K), Naral Pro-Choice America PAC ($10K) in 2020.

Which super PACs spent on Cal Cunningham's race?

Senate Leadership Fund ($47M against), American Crossroads ($24M against), NRSC ($14M against) in 2020.

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Politician

Cal Cunningham

Democrat · North Carolina · ran 1 time since 2020, won 0

FEC candidate S0NC00202

Cal Cunningham (Democrat) raised $53M for the 2020 North Carolina Senate race, $866K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $21M for and $89M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). They lost.

Raised, all cycles

$53M

2020; counted once per cycle

From PAC checks

$866K from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians

Outside money for

$21M

Super PACs and party groups helping

Outside money against

$89M

Spent attacking them

Every run

Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.

Cycle	Race	Raised	PAC share	Outside for / against	Google ads	All money	Result
2020	North Carolina Senate	$53M	2%	$21M / $89M	–	$163M	✗ Lost

Who wrote the checks

The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.

Leadership PAC $366KUnion $210KMembership $100KOther $80KSuper PAC $74KParty $60KCorporate $13KTrade group $8K

DSCCParty$50K
JstreetpacMembershipLobbyist PAC$35K
Democracy Engine, Inc., PACCorporate$13K
End Citizens UnitedOther$11K
Naral Pro-Choice America PACMembershipLobbyist PAC$10K
First State PACLeadership PAC$10K
Lobo PACLeadership PAC$10K
Perimeter PACLeadership PAC$10K

Outside money, for and against

Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.

Senate Leadership Fundagainst $47M
American Crossroadsagainst $24M
NRSCagainst $14M
Priorities USA Actionfor $7.8M
Americans for Prosperity Actionagainst $2.9M

Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.

Questions people ask

Who funded Cal Cunningham's 2020 campaign?: Cal Cunningham (Democrat) raised $53M for the 2020 North Carolina Senate race, $866K of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $21M for and $89M against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). They lost.
Which PACs gave the most to Cal Cunningham?: DSCC ($50K), Jstreetpac ($35K), Democracy Engine, Inc., PAC ($13K), End Citizens United ($11K), Naral Pro-Choice America PAC ($10K) in 2020.
Which super PACs spent on Cal Cunningham's race?: Senate Leadership Fund ($47M against), American Crossroads ($24M against), NRSC ($14M against) in 2020.