Earlier this year Thiel gave Club for Growth Action $1 million. Thiel gives tea party super PAC $1M

Tea party-aligned super PAC Club for Growth Action in July trounced its fundraising totals from previous months thanks to a cast of familiar political financiers led by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, new federal disclosure reports show.

Thiel, who earlier this year almost single-handedly funded pro-Ron Paul super PAC Endorse Liberty, gave Club for Growth Action $1 million. Private investor John Bryan contributed $350,000, while financial executive Robert Mercer gave $250,000.


Elliott Associates hedge fund executive Paul Singer — who has already given $1 million each to pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future and pro-gay rights super PAC American Unity PAC — added $100,000. Uline shipping supplies chief executive Richard Uihlein and the Capstone IV company of Houston also gave $100,000 each.

Landing a huge upset — the Club for Growth spent heavily to help Senate candidate Ted Cruz in Texas beat establishment favorite David Dewhurst in a Republican primary — hasn’t hurt the super PAC’s notoriety, either.

In all, Club for Growth Action, the super PAC arm of the eponymous conservative group, took in nearly $3 million last month while spending more than $4.1 million. It ended the month with more than $2.4 million in reserve.

During the first half of August, Club for Growth Action combined with its sister traditional PAC to spent more money in support of or opposition to federal political candidates than all but four outside political groups, a POLITICO analysis shows.