As the midterm election day is within reach, the GOP-aligned money machines spent more than twice as much as its Democratic counterparts on ad buys ending today, October 23. Republican filings totaling $11,872,004 across 187 filings against $5,492,860 across 158 Democratic filings.
The day's largest single move came from No Going Back PAC (R), which filed 60 times for $5,350,373, roughly 45 percent of all Republican dollars in the window.
The GOP advance: No Going Back PAC's net change in ad-buy dollars totaled $5,350,373 across 60 filings in the window. The state-level figures were Florida ($1,462,215, 16 filings), Montana ($849,770, 11 filings), Texas ($745,500, seven filings), Iowa ($539,100, one filing), Washington ($425,775, two filings), Minnesota ($385,425, four filings), Nevada ($344,890, four filings), Wisconsin ($287,650, two filings), Georgia ($284,840, three filings), Indiana ($112,300, one filing), and Arizona ($33,051, three filings).
Congressional Leadership Fund (R) filed 84 times for $4,579,123, led by Pennsylvania ($1,398,590, five filings), Wisconsin ($962,881, seven filings), Arizona ($726,720, four filings), Michigan ($453,177, 12 filings), and New York ($411,872, 11 filings), with smaller buys in Ohio, Virginia, New Mexico, Florida, and New Jersey.
Senate Leadership Fund (R) (SLF PAC) filed 43 times, showing a net change of $1,942,508 in ad-buy dollars, with Maine highest at $1,153,850 across seven filings, followed in descending order by Kansas, Michigan, South Carolina, Mississippi, Iowa, Tennessee, and Ohio. Senate Leadership Fund (SLF PAC) recorded a net decrease of $250,466 in ad-buy dollars across four filings in Georgia.
The Democratic retreat: WinSenate filed 80 times for $3,264,039, with $1,907,223 across 47 filings directed at the Ohio U.S. Senate race, which is rated Toss-up. House Majority PAC (HMP) recorded a net change of $2,236,321 in ad-buy dollars across 77 filings, led by Texas ($537,760, nine filings), California ($506,615, 18 filings), Michigan ($382,699, nine filings), and Florida ($254,075, 19 filings), with smaller net changes in nine additional states. Fresh Start SC PAC (D), a WinSenate affiliate, posted a net reduction of $7,500 across one filing in South Carolina.
Sitting it out: One Nation (R), a Senate Leadership Fund affiliate; American Action Network (R), a Congressional Leadership Fund affiliate; MAGA Inc. (R); and House Majority Forward (D), a House Majority PAC affiliate, are listed super PACs with the party and sponsor-family labels shown.
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