Who paid to win these races

1. 01

   TEXANS FOR A CONSERVATIVE MAJORITYFEC C00542217

   Paid 1 candidate

   Texans for a Conservative Majority — pro-Cornyn super PAC that spent ~$60M in the 2026 Texas Senate primary: $39M against Ken Paxton, $11M for John Cornyn, $10M against Wesley Hunt (FEC Schedule E).

   $30.0M

   total spend

   • foughtKen Paxton$30.0M
2. 02

   House Majority PACPelosi-aligned (D)

   Paid 0 candidates

   $22.0M

   total spend
3. 03

   TRUTH AND COURAGE PACFEC C00796045

   Paid 1 candidate

   Truth and Courage PAC — super PAC active in the 2026 Texas Senate race, with over $20M in independent expenditures opposing Colin Allred (FEC Schedule E).

   $22.0M

   total spend

   • foughtColin Allred$22.0M
4. 04

   Congressional Leadership FundJohnson-aligned (R)

   Paid 1 candidate

   $13.9M

   total spend

   • backedTwo TX seats$13.9M
5. 05

   United Democracy ProjectAIPAC-affiliated (FEC C00799031)

   Paid 2 candidates

   United Democracy Project — AIPAC's super PAC for independent expenditures. Spends millions for and against congressional candidates; not bound by contribution limits (FEC Super PAC C00799031).

   $11.1M

   total spend

   • backedEd Gallrein$2.6M
   • foughtCori Bush$8.5M
6. 06

   WINSENATEFEC C00865444

   Paid 1 candidate

   $10.1M

   total spend

   • backedColin Allred$10.1M
7. 07

   WIN IT BACK PACFEC C00844613

   Paid 1 candidate

   Win It Back PAC — Club for Growth-aligned super PAC; its 2026 spending is in the Kentucky Senate race, not Texas (FEC Schedule E).

   $9.2M

   total spend

   • foughtColin Allred$9.2M
8. 08

   LONE STAR RISING PACFEC C00918268

   Paid 1 candidate

   Lone Star Rising PAC — pro-Talarico super PAC that spent ~$17M in the 2026 Texas Senate Democratic primary: $9M against Jasmine Crockett, $8M for James Talarico (FEC Schedule E).

   $8.5M

   total spend

   • foughtJasmine Crockett$8.5M
9. 09

   MAGA KYTrump-aligned

   Paid 1 candidate

   MAGA KY — anti-Massie super PAC in the 2026 KY-04 primary. Top funders include Paul Singer ($1M), Preserve America PAC and America 21 PAC (FEC Schedule A, 2026).

   $5.6M

   total spend

   • foughtThomas Massie$5.6M
10. 10

    CONSERVATIVE TEXANS PACFEC C00932707

    Paid 1 candidate

    Conservative Texans PAC — super PAC that spent ~$9.8M against Wesley Hunt in the 2026 Texas Senate GOP primary (FEC Schedule E).

    $4.9M

    total spend

    • foughtWesley Hunt$4.9M
11. 11

    Kentucky 4th PACPro-Massie

    Paid 1 candidate

    Kentucky 4th PAC — independent-expenditure super PAC active in the 2026 KY-04 race (FEC C00943753, registered Super PAC). No itemized donors filed for the 2026 period at time of writing.

    $4.6M

    total spend

    • backedThomas Massie$4.6M
12. 12

    Republican Jewish CoalitionPro-Israel

    Paid 1 candidate

    $4.0M

    total spend

    • backedEd Gallrein$4.0M
13. 13

    314 Action FundScience-PAC; received Kimbark Foundation seed money (FEC C00633248)

    Paid 1 candidate

    314 Action Fund — hybrid super PAC backing scientist candidates. In 2024 its largest non-individual donor was the AIPAC-aligned United Democracy Project ($1M), alongside large transfers from its affiliated 314 Action network (FEC Schedule A).

    $3.5M

    total spend

    • backedAla Stanford$3.5M
14. 14

    Kentucky First PACPro-Massie

    Paid 1 candidate

    $920K

    total spend

    • backedThomas Massie$920K

Source: FEC filings, listed on each race page. "Backed" means they paid to help that person win. "Fought" means they paid to beat them. See how we count