Two Trump-backed super PACs have reserved over $150 million in advertising, primarily targeting deep red House and Senate races that have become unexpectedly competitive. The spending surge comes as Republicans show signs of panic with just weeks until Election Day, with races like Ohio's Senate contest requiring millions in emergency funding.
As Labor Day 2026 approaches, President Trump confronts challenging midterm election dynamics with 75,000 manufacturing jobs lost, rising inflation from trade wars, and new Gallup data showing Democrats holding a significant advantage in party identification. Trump-aligned groups are responding with major ad spending, including $10 million in Texas Senate races.
President Trump's super PAC MAGA Inc. has made a $10 million ad buy to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate campaign, marking the PAC's entry into the 2026 midterm elections. The spending comes after polls showed Paxton trailing his Democratic opponent.
The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for political parties to buy television advertisements at special reduced rates in the lead-up to the midterm elections, granting an emergency appeal from Republicans. The decision potentially hands a near-term win to the GOP.
A Democratic group that previously focused on presidential races is launching a $50 million advertising campaign targeting more than a dozen House and Senate contests in the 2026 midterm elections, with many races in Republican strongholds. The campaign begins Tuesday as Democrats seek to flip control of Congress.
Political action committees have spent nearly $9 million in Maine's gubernatorial primary contests, with over half of that spending occurring in the past three weeks as both parties' nomination races remain uncertain ahead of the election.
Republican billionaire Rick Jackson has spent $50 million of his own money on a late-entry television advertising campaign that has dramatically reshaped the Georgia gubernatorial primary race, representing one of the highest political ad spending levels in the nation with the primary one month away.
