Mystery Money From Super PACs Floods US Midterm Election Campaigns
- Twenty-Two super PACs registered with the FEC during the final 10 weeks before Election Day, each spending at least $1 million on congressional races and totaling roughly $637 million by Oct. 29.
- Campaigns use these vehicles to spend money before voters can learn who is supplying the funds. "The reason for this is almost entirely to avoid disclosure," said Michael Kang, a Northwestern Pritzker School of Law professor.
- No Going Back, linked to President Donald Trump's MAGA Inc, spent roughly $242.2 million, while Texas PAC spent about $181.6 million after receiving funds via the Senate Leadership Fund. Together, these two groups accounted for roughly two-thirds of all such spending.
- Locally branded PACs fragment the electoral picture, preventing voters from seeing national influence, according to Hilary Braseth, executive director of OpenSecrets. This spending surge has eclipsed activity in the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections.
- Because many groups form after reporting deadlines, donor identities often remain hidden until after Election Day. Spending by these late-forming groups has grown nearly 35-fold since 2022, intensifying transparency concerns.
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