What super PACs are, how they work, and which ones matter.
AIPAC’s United Democracy Project spent more than $50 million in 2026, while a new super PAC, American Priorities, spent about $8 million opposing it. Here is how their candidates fared, and why each side reads the results differently.
Super PACs must disclose their donors and spending, but the system has gaps. Here are five ways the real source of super PAC money, or where it goes, stays out of view, with examples from both parties.
Corporations gave a record $737 million to super PACs in the 2026 midterms, led by crypto, online betting and tech companies. Here are the biggest corporate donors and the super PACs they funded.
Outside groups backing the losing side outspent the winners in several of 2026’s most expensive Senate races. Here is where the biggest super PACs spent and how their candidates did, with Alaska and Mississippi still uncalled.
Early results, Nov. 4, 2026: Democrats swept the House and Senate in a year when Republican-aligned super PACs outspent their rivals. Here is where the biggest super PAC bets went, and how they fared.
Super PACs with ties to both parties have spent more than $16.5 million promoting 43 third-party and independent candidates in close races, often far more than the candidates themselves.
The Lawler-Conley race has drawn about $57 million in ads, national Democrats are spending in a Trump-landslide seat, and Republicans are pulling back in the Hudson Valley.
Outside groups reported about $907 million in large independent expenditures in the final two weeks before the Nov. 3 midterms, led by the Texas, Ohio and Michigan Senate races. Here is where the money went and how far MAGA Inc. has gotten toward Trump’s $400 million pledge.
Twenty-two super PACs formed in the final weeks of the campaign have spent about $637 million, and some won’t name their donors until a month after Election Day. Here’s how it works and who’s behind them.
AI-linked groups have raised more than $100 million for 2026, split between rival camps that disagree about regulation. Most of their money has gone into safe-seat primaries, with ads that rarely mention AI.