$421.1M +$41.9M · 7 days
$33.1M supporting, $220.4M opposing, 48.7% poll avg.
$94.1M supporting, $73.4M opposing, 46.0% poll avg.
Michigan Senate race draws $55.3M more
Outside groups have spent $4.0B in the 2026 cycle as of 31 Oct 2026, $3.2B of it in the general election. The race drawing the most is the Texas Senate general 2026, at $421.1M. The super PAC spending the most in the general election is Senate Leadership Fund, at $342.0M. The biggest giver is Elon Musk, with $427.4M to super PACs as of 19 Oct 2026.
Race to watch · 7 days to 30 Oct
$263.1M in outside money, up from $207.8M
The whole picture
The overall spend
What outside groups have reported spending on their own, supporting and opposing the candidates. Every candidate and every race, added together.
$4.0B outside money in the 2026 cycle
$3.2B of it in the general election
Senate
The fight for the Senate
Groups have spent $2.0B on their own across 35 Senate races. Here are the races drawing the most, and who it’s supporting or opposing.
$409.3M +$55.5M · 7 days
$25.6M supporting, $182.8M opposing, 47.9% poll avg.
$68.0M supporting, $129.2M opposing, 44.5% poll avg.
$263.1M +$55.3M · 7 days
$39.2M supporting, $133.2M opposing, 48.9% poll avg.
$37.0M supporting, $53.6M opposing, 45.1% poll avg.
$193.3M +$38.4M · 7 days
$33.2M supporting, $77.1M opposing, 45.8% poll avg.
$18.0M supporting, $64.2M opposing, 45.9% poll avg.
$139.2M +$19.8M · 7 days
$12.0M supporting, $74.5M opposing, 49.4% poll avg.
$7.1M supporting, $38.5M opposing, 46.6% poll avg.
$95.5M +$15.1M · 7 days
$10.7M supporting, $36.4M opposing, 49.0% poll avg.
$10.5M supporting, $35.9M opposing, 48.0% poll avg.
$91.2M +$38.8M · 7 days
$3.3M supporting, $44.5M opposing, 46.2% poll avg.
$10.7M supporting, $32.3M opposing, 49.5% poll avg.
$75.6M +$824K · 7 days
$5.6M supporting, $42.1M opposing, 52.4% poll avg.
$4.3M supporting, $23.5M opposing, 41.0% poll avg.
$68.8M +$18.1M · 7 days
$12.9M supporting, $31.4M opposing, 46.0% poll avg.
$1.1M supporting, $22.9M opposing
$63.3M +$5.9M · 7 days
$2.5M supporting, $31.1M opposing, 49.2% poll avg.
$8.1M supporting, $21.6M opposing, 42.2% poll avg.
Rankings
Who moved this week
Ranked by what each reported from 24 Oct to 30 Oct. The arrows compare each place with the 7 days before.
Super PACs
- 1 the same place as the week before House Majority PAC (HMP) $91.7M $275.8M in all
- 2 the same place as the week before WinSenate $57.3M $276.4M in all
- 3 the same place as the week before Senate Leadership Fund $55.2M $342.0M in all
- 4 up 1 from No. 5 the week before No Going Back PAC $52.0M $266.8M in all
- 5 down 1 from No. 4 the week before Congressional Leadership Fund $46.7M $221.3M in all
- 6 up 1 from No. 7 the week before Safety & Affordability PAC $30.0M $63.2M in all
- 7 up 3 from No. 10 the week before Lower Costs Now $28.7M $77.6M in all
- 8 new this week Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund $25.6M $33.7M in all
- 9 down 1 from No. 8 the week before America PAC $14.0M $85.2M in all
- 10 up 9 from No. 19 the week before Government That Works PAC $13.0M $24.8M in all
Races
All the races- 1 up 1 from No. 2 the week before Ohio Senate special $55.5M $409.3M in all
- 2 up 1 from No. 3 the week before Michigan Senate $55.3M $263.1M in all
- 3 down 2 from No. 1 the week before Texas Senate $41.9M $421.1M in all
- 4 up 1 from No. 5 the week before Kansas Senate $38.8M $91.2M in all
- 5 down 1 from No. 4 the week before Iowa Senate $38.4M $193.3M in all
- 6 the same place as the week before Maine Senate $19.8M $139.2M in all
- 7 up 3 from No. 10 the week before South Carolina Senate $19.7M $43.5M in all
- 8 up 3 from No. 11 the week before Nebraska Senate $18.1M $68.8M in all
- 9 down 2 from No. 7 the week before Alaska Senate $15.1M $95.5M in all
- 10 down 1 from No. 9 the week before North Carolina 1st District $14.6M $41.7M in all
People
The 10 people giving the most
Who’s writing the biggest checks this election. Together, 7,090 people gave $2.3B.
- 1 Elon Musk$427.4MUnited States
- 2 Richard Uihlein$141.7MUnited States
- 3 Jeff Yass$109.0MUnited States
- 4 Michael Bloomberg$84.1MUnited States
- 5 Miriam Adelson$66.1MUnited States
- 6 Ben Horowitz$43.0MUnited States
- 7 Paul Singer$40.8MUnited States
- 8 Marc Andreessen$40.0MUnited States
- 9 Reid Hoffman$38.2MUnited States
- 10 Stephen Schwarzman$34.7MUnited States
Linked
WinSenate and Senate Majority PAC (SMP) are linked.
WinSenate has spent $276.4M on its own. SMP has raised $354.4M.
Per voter
Outside money for every eligible voter
In the Alaska Senate race, about $175 per eligible voter.
Outside money in each race, divided by the citizens old enough to vote there.
$13 per eligible voter, nationwide
- 1 Alaska Senate $175 $95.5M · 546,656 eligible voters
- 2 Maine Senate $123 $139.2M · 1,132,482 eligible voters
- 3 Iowa Senate $80 $193.3M · 2,409,334 eligible voters
- 4 New Hampshire Senate $56 $63.3M · 1,131,947 eligible voters
- 5 Nebraska Senate $48 $68.8M · 1,430,870 eligible voters
- 6 Ohio Senate special $45 $409.3M · 9,045,520 eligible voters
- 7 Kansas Senate $42 $91.2M · 2,163,742 eligible voters
- 8 Michigan Senate $34 $263.1M · 7,731,384 eligible voters
- 9 Alaska At-Large $32 $17.3M · 546,656 eligible voters
- 10 Texas Senate $20 $421.1M · 20,649,467 eligible voters
- 11 Montana Senate $19 $16.8M · 896,668 eligible voters
- 12 South Carolina Senate $10 $43.5M · 4,159,969 eligible voters
- 13 North Carolina Senate $9 $75.6M · 8,151,551 eligible voters
- 14 Mississippi Senate $8 $16.8M · 2,228,440 eligible voters
- 15 South Dakota Senate $5 $3.3M · 686,828 eligible voters
- 16 Georgia Senate $5 $38.2M · 8,032,346 eligible voters
- 17 Arkansas Senate $2 $4.6M · 2,285,378 eligible voters
- 18 Florida Senate special $2 $26.5M · 16,735,039 eligible voters
- 19 Minnesota Senate $1 $5.0M · 4,307,281 eligible voters
- 20 Louisiana Senate $1 $3.4M · 3,412,444 eligible voters
- 21 Wyoming At-Large $0.64 $291K · 451,619 eligible voters
- 22 Kentucky Senate $0.58 $2.0M · 3,442,061 eligible voters
- 23 Delaware Senate $0.30 $232K · 784,972 eligible voters
- 24 West Virginia Senate $0.22 $309K · 1,406,781 eligible voters
- 25 Wyoming Senate $0.18 $81,230 · 451,619 eligible voters
- 26 New Mexico Senate $0.17 $274K · 1,569,810 eligible voters
- 27 South Dakota At-Large $0.17 $118K · 686,828 eligible voters
- 28 Massachusetts Senate $0.14 $706K · 5,214,999 eligible voters
- 29 Idaho Senate $0.11 $164K · 1,468,846 eligible voters
- 30 Alabama Senate $0.10 $399K · 3,901,455 eligible voters
- 31 Oklahoma Senate $0.09 $277K · 2,991,284 eligible voters
- 32 Tennessee Senate $0.05 $278K · 5,413,356 eligible voters
- 33 Virginia Senate $0.01 $34,464 · 6,480,817 eligible voters
- 34 Colorado Senate under $0.01 $1,883 · 4,453,187 eligible voters
- 35 Vermont At-Large under $0.01 $173 · 528,131 eligible voters
- 36 New Jersey Senate under $0.01 $1,239 · 6,523,320 eligible voters
Every race in the country$13
More rankings
Ads, airtime and the biggest checks
Online ads
Who’s spending the most on your feed
For the 2026 elections: 1 Jan 2025 to 31 Dec 2026
- 1 Senate Leadership Fund $35.8M to $36.8M
- 2 Senate Majority PAC (SMP) $33.6M to $34.4M
- 3 MAGA Inc. $29.5M to $32.5M
- 4 Jon Ossoff for Senate $25.6M to $26.3M
- 5 House Majority PAC (HMP) $20.2M to $20.3M
- 6 One Nation $16.1M to $16.8M
- 7 Congressional Leadership Fund $15.4M to $15.6M
- 8 Jackson for Governor (GA) $14.4M
- 9 Steyer for Governor 2026 $14.2M
- 10 Talarico for Texas $13.9M to $15.3M
- 11 Texans for Greg Abbott $13.6M
- 12 No on Prop 40 - Doctors, Teachers, Small Businesses, Working Families and Public Safety Against the Reckless Wealth Tax Experiment (CA) $13.1M
- 13 America PAC $13.0M to $14.2M
- 14 No Going Back PAC $12.6M
- 15 American Action Network $12.1M
- 16 LCV Victory Fund $11.6M to $11.7M
- 17 Majority Forward $11.4M
- 18 Money Metals Exchange $11.1M
- 19 Governor Newsoms Ballot Measure $11.0M
- 20 Virginians for Fair Elections $9.4M
- 21 DNC Services Corp / Democratic National Committee $8.5M
- 22 Yes on 42 - Protect Retirement & Life Savings, a Coalition of Retirees, Blue-Collar Workers, Seniors, Veterans, Small Businessess & Taxpayers (CA) $8.0M
- 23 Spanberger for Governor $7.9M
- 24 Texas PAC $7.4M to $7.7M
- 25 House Majority Forward $7.2M to $7.3M
Top TV ad buyers
All those ads between the weather and the sports? Here's who TV stations billed the most for them in the 2026 cycle.
- 1 Senate Leadership Fund485 buys $45.8M
- 2 WinSenate528 buys $31.0M
- 3 Texas PAC90 buys $26.0M
- 4 No Going Back PAC153 buys $22.7M
- 5 Congressional Leadership Fund188 buys $19.9M
- 6 Defend American Jobs162 buys $13.8M
- 7 Talarico for Texas154 buys $9.2M
- 8 One Nation87 buys $8.5M
- 9 Jon Ossoff for Senate51 buys $7.3M
- 10 Lone Star Liberty PAC42 buys $7.1M
These 10 together $191.2M
Found so far. What TV stations billed for the ads, never added to online ads or any other figure here.
Updated
Big givers
The biggest checks to super PACs
The companies, nonprofits and groups giving the most. Count the zeros slowly.
- 1 One Nation $132.9M Nonprofit
- 2 Majority Forward $102.0M Organization
- 3 House Majority Forward $93.7M Nonprofit
- 4 American Action Network $63.5M Nonprofit
- 5 Geosor Corporation $52.0M Organization
- 6 Fund for Policy Reform (DE) $50.0M Nonprofit
- 7 Ripple Labs $49.6M Organization
- 8 American Prosperity Alliance $48.1M Organization
- 9 GOPAC Inc $46.8M Organization
- 10 Economic Opportunity Fund $41.5M Organization
- 11 Koch Inc $40.5M Organization
- 12 DK Crown Holdings $40.4M Organization
- 13 Foris Dax $39.0M Organization
- 14 Opportunity Action Fund $32.6M Nonprofit
- 15 League of Conservation Voters $32.1M Nonprofit
- 16 American Israel Public Affairs Committee $30.0M Nonprofit
- 17 Public First Action $29.8M Organization
- 18 Democracy Matters $29.1M Nonprofit
- 19 Fanduel Inc $29.0M Organization
- 20 Coinbase $28.7M Organization
- 21 Democratic Governors Association $28.0M Organization
- 22 Stand Together $28.0M Organization
- 23 American Opportunity Action $27.1M Organization
- 24 Center Forward $26.5M Nonprofit
- 25 National Association of Realtors $25.9M Nonprofit
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