President Donald Trump’s super PAC network poured about $238 million into key congressional races from September through mid-October, new federal filings show.
The aggressive fall spending spree left MAGA Inc. and two related committees, No Going Back PAC and Safety and Affordability PAC, with a cumulative $189 million in reserves as of mid-October — just a few weeks after Trump claimed that he had raised close to $1 billion.
The disclosures came hours after Trump claimed on Truth Social that he had already spent more than $300 million helping Republicans ahead of the midterms and would likely spend $100 million more — figures that line up with what he said earlier this fall he anticipated spending.
Notable donors to the network of committees included real estate developer Steve Wynn, who gave $8 million; Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman with $5 million; and Wisconsin billionaire Diane Hendricks, who tossed in $5 million.
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GEO Reentry Services, a company associated with operating several U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities, gave MAGA Inc. $1 million, bringing its combined contributions to more than $4 million.
The Vapor Technology Association gave $300,000. The company donated those funds on Sept. 8, and then announced a seven-figure advertising campaign Sept. 22 urging Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to rewrite Food and Drug Administration rules regarding flavored vaping products.
Trump has crisscrossed the country in recent months, holding dozens of rallies to support Republicans in competitive races. But the blitz began mainly after fellow party members publicly and privately begged the president to get more involved, and he had largely held off from dedicating serious sums from his campaign coffers until September.
From January 2025 through August, MAGA Inc. had taken in $424.4 million and paid out $32.4 million, and only about $2.5 million was reported as independent spending to elect or defeat candidates. The PAC drew scrutiny from political analysts and some Republicans for drawing large sums without spending aggressively on races that could decide control of Congress come November.
By mid-September the three groups aligned with MAGA Inc. ramped up spending, scheduling about $138 million in advertising, mail and text messaging spending across about 50 races, although much of that total was aimed for advertising reserved for the weeks ahead.
By October, the Trump-led PACs were already being forced to make choices about which Republicans to keep helping. Politico reported on Oct. 12 that MAGA Inc. planned to pull spending from several House races, including Michigan’s 8th District, and focus on protecting Senate seats in Ohio, Alaska and Iowa, all states Trump carried by double digits in 2024.
Trump’s insistence that he controls the money raised by MAGA Inc. spurred a recent Federal Election Commission complaint alleging the president broke rules governing how elected officeholders can control PAC money. In August, he corrected a Punchbowl reporter who described MAGA Inc. as controlled by his allies.
“Not my allies,” he said. “I control it.”
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