Midterm ad spending approaches $3 billion
With Election Day upon us, there's been almost $3 billion spent on the television and radio airwaves in House, Senate and governor's races across the country.
A slim majority of that money, 52.3 percent, was spent by Democrats, while 47.5 percent was spent by Republicans.
House, Senate and gubernatorial elections split that spending equally, with each drawing just under $1 billion of spending.
Here's a full breakdown of those final television and radio spending figures, courtesy of Advertising Analytics:
Top House advertisers
- Congressional Leadership Fund (R): $110 million
- DCCC (D): $81 million
- NRCC (R): $60 million
- House Majority PAC (D): $56 million
- Independence USA (Bloomberg – D): $27 million
- America First Action (R): $17 million
- Women Vote! (D): $14 million
- Patriot Majority (D): $10 million
- Wallace campaign (D-PA-1): $8.6 million
- LCV Victory Fund (D): $7.2 million
Key House races – our Majority Makers (general election spending only)
- KY-6: GOP $7 million, Dem $5 million
- FL-26: Dem $12 million, GOP $8 million
- VA-2: Dem $5.5 million, GOP $3 million
- VA-7: Dem $6 million, GOP $5 million
- OH-1: GOP $5 million, Dem $4 million
- IL-6: Dem $9 million, GOP $9 million
- IL-12: GOP $5 million, Dem $5 million
- ME-2: Dem $9,5 million, GOP $8 million
- MI-8: Dem $12 million, GOP $8 million
- MI-11: Dem $7 million, GOP $2 million
- NJ-3: Dem $9 million, GOP $8 million
- NJ-7: Dem $6 million, GOP $4 million
- PA-1: GOP $12 million, Dem $11 million
- TX-7: Dem $10 million, GOP $9 million
- TX-32: Dem $10 million, GOP $6 million
- NM-2: Dem $6 million, GOP $3 million
- NY-19: Dem $10 million, GOP $7 million
- NY-22: Dem $9 million, GOP $8 million
- IA-3: Dem $7 million, GOP $5 million
- CA-25: Dem $13 million, GOP $6 million
- CA-45: Dem $7 million, GOP $7 million
- CA-48: Dem $13 million, GOP $4 million
- WA-8: Dem $13 million, GOP $8 million
Top Senate advertisers
- Senate Majority PAC (D): $106 million
- Senate Leadership Fund (R): $68 million
- Rick Scott campaign (R-Fla.): $65 million
- Majority Forward (D): $52 million
- New Republican PAC (R-Fla.): $29 million
- One Nation (R): $27 million
- DSCC (D): $26 million
- O’Rourke campaign (D-Texas): $25 million
- NRSC (R): $24 million
- Hugin campaign (R-N.J.): $23 million
Key Senate races (general election spending only)
AZ-SEN: Dem $30 million, GOP $29 million (Defend Arizona – R top overall spender)
FL-SEN: GOP $66 million, Dem $59 million (Scott campaign top advertiser)
IN-SEN: Dem $39 million, GOP $37 million (Senate Majority PAC)
MO-SEN: GOP $38 million, Dem $36 million (Senate Leadership Fund)
MT-SEN: GOP $20 million, Dem $19 million (Tester campaign)
NV-SEN: Dem $43 million, GOP $31 million (Senate Leadership Fund)
NJ-SEN: GOP $26 million, Dem $19 million (Hugin campaign)
ND-SEN: Dem $13 million, GOP $11 million (Heitkamp campaign)
TN-SEN: GOP $33 million, Dem $27 million (Senate Leadership Fund)
TX-SEN: Dem $27 million, GOP $24 million (O’Rourke campaign)
WV-SEN: Dem $19 million, GOP $16 million (Senate Majority PAC)
Top GOV advertisers
- Pritzker campaign (D-IL): $67 million
- Rauner campaign (R-IL): $37 million
- FL GOP ticket (R): $28 million
- Jeff Greene (D-Fla.): $26 million
- FL Dem ticket (D): $26 million
- Phil Levine (D-Fla.): $23 million
- DeWine campaign (R-Ohio): $22 million
- Families and Teachers for Villaraigosa (D-Calif.): $16 million
- Wolf campaign (D-Pa.): $16 million
Key GOV races (general election spending only)
FL-GOV: GOP $39 million, Dem $30 million
GA-GOV: GOP $15 million, Dem $15 million
IA-GOV: Dem $8 million, GOP $7 million
WI-GOV: GOP $30 million, Dem $20 million