Billions spent as 2026 becomes the most expensive election in U.S. history
Outside groups and wealthy donors are driving the surge, with Elon Musk giving $445 million to Republican committees, OpenSecrets said.
- Corporate political spending in the 2026 midterms reached approximately $737 million, a 60 percent increase from the 2024 presidential election, according to Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization.
- Robert Weissman, Public Citizen co-president, said corporations are using the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision to drive political spending to unprecedented levels. The ruling allows unlimited corporate contributions to campaigns.
- Big Tech, cryptocurrency, and online betting interests collectively contributed $391 million toward the 2026 elections, accounting for more than half of corporate political spending reported this cycle.
- According to AdImpact, an ad tracking firm, $11.15bn has been spent on advertising by the end of October, with traditional broadcast television remaining the top beneficiary while digital ad expenditures continue to increase.
- Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has donated almost half a billion dollars, primarily to America PAC and the Republican-aligned Senate Leadership Fund, while billionaire financier George Soros and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg have contributed millions to liberal groups.
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The 2026 US midterm elections have become one of the most expensive in American history. Political advertising spending is reaching record levels, with the financial battle for Senate seats particularly fierce, reports the Australian newspaper The Age. According to data from the political advertising analysis company AdImpact, total campaign advertising spending this election cycle is expected to reach $11.6 billion. Senate campaigns alone have …
The mid-term elections in the United States must become the most expensive in American history. Marked by the growing influence of billionaires, technology companies and unknown political groups with diverse interests, the lawsuit must break records: according to the OpenSecrets party organization, total expenses can reach US$ 11.9 billion (R$ 65 billion), about 30% more than those registered in the last legislative elections, in 2022, when US$ …
The midterms campaign has become the most expensive campaign in US history, beating the expenses of the 2024 presidential election. An investment of more than $11 billion, distributed fairly evenly between the two camps. On the Republican side, the figure Elon Musk, injected a total of $475 million. The details of Christophe Dansette, columnist economy in France 24.
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The most expensive midterm elections in US history have revealed a new inner circle of big donors, with powerful interests and more "dark" money The post "My expensive vote" - The midterm elections, big donors and questions about democracy in the US appeared first on in.gr.
The campaign for the mid-term elections of 2026 is becoming the most expensive in the history of the United States with total spending projected at nearly $12 billion, with a major breakthrough in external investment.
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