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WASHINGTON — For the past decade, Republican nominees for Senate have been given stern warnings about seeking too much of their own money.<\/span><\/p>\n

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When those candidates explored organizing their own super political action committees — which would allow them to accept checks with unlimited zeros — they were usually dissuaded from doing so by allies of a powerful Republican super PAC tied to party leaders in Washington. That group, the Senate Leadership Fund, functionally oversaw general-election spending for Republican Senate nominees.<\/span><\/p>\n

But a quiet change has unfolded in the world of big money in the 2026 midterm elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For the first time, most Republican nominees in battleground states are drawing support from their own well-funded super PACs. The little-noticed shift allows them to raise more money, adding to the party\u2019s advantage in super PAC cash over Democrats. That edge could prove important in the midterms, even if the Supreme Court\u2019s major recent campaign-finance decision shakes up how much candidates rely on super PACs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The move could also make Republican candidates less reliant on the Senate Leadership Fund. There is often drama each fall when the group makes difficult decisions about which states to prioritize — or abandon.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNot all, but many, campaigns are going to need their own super PACs,\u201d said Mark Harris, a top adviser on David McCormick\u2019s Senate campaign in Pennsylvania in 2024. A former hedge fund executive, McCormick won with help from his own well-funded super PAC. \u201cIn a big Senate race,\u201d Harris added, \u201cyou need everything you can get.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In Maine, Iowa, Alaska, Ohio, North Carolina and Michigan — which have six of the top Senate races this year — the Republican nominees or presumptive nominees have big-spending super PACs, advertising records show.<\/span><\/p>\n

The change also reflects turnover at SLF. Under the 11-year reign of Steven Law, a former chief of staff to Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the main Senate Republican super PAC covered most of a nominee\u2019s general-election spending. But that norm has loosened under Alex Latcham, a former aide to President Donald Trump who succeeded Law after the 2024 election.<\/span><\/p>\n

Latcham said that he was generally OK with candidates having their own super PACs. It\u2019s not clear that he could stop them, anyway, in a Trump-led party where the president has his own enormous super PAC.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOur mission is to beat Democrats, and any efficient, competent efforts that aid in this goal are welcomed,\u201d he said. But, he added, \u201cEveryone wants a super PAC until it\u2019s time to raise the money.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Law\u2019s logic had been to not only oversee the chess board, but also protect the interests of major Republican donors who often needed SLF\u2019s expertise on where to spend money.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main Democratic Senate super PAC, called Senate Majority PAC and aligned with Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, generally still operates this way. Democratic nominees in top races this year do not have their own well-funded super PACs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Law said in an interview that at the outset, SLF had \u201creally followed the Chuck Schumer model, frankly, which was to strongly discourage people from forming candidate-specific super PACs, and equally discourage donors from dissipating resources.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But his position, he said, had \u201cevolved\u201d away from \u201ca place of active resistance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

By the 2024 election cycle, a few Republicans with ties to big donors did things differently. In Pennsylvania, McCormick\u2019s allies ran a $60 million group.<\/span><\/p>\n

That successful strategy left some other Republicans jealous.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many candidates have come to us and said, \u2018Hey, can you put together the Dave McCormick super PAC?\u2019\u201d said Brooks Kochvar, who ran the McCormick group in 2024. His response is a question back: \u201cAre you really good friends with these eight megadonors in the Republican Party?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For candidates, an individual super PAC also creates an insurance policy in case SLF pulls back from their race.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the fall of 2022, the Republican nominee for Senate in Arizona, Blake Masters, was apoplectic when SLF pulled millions worth of ads for him. He lost narrowly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Masters said it was a good idea for some candidates to start their own groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re an establishment Republican who promises to do what leadership says, you\u2019re probably safe relying on SLF,\u201d he said. \u201cBut if you bring new ideas and any sense of independence to the table, then SLF will not only not help, but they\u2019ll actively root against you.\u201d ( Latcham declined to respond.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the Republican super PACs have friendly relations with SLF.<\/span><\/p>\n

But in Michigan, SLF and its donors have a frosty relationship with a super PAC supporting Mike Rogers, the presumptive Republican nominee, according to three people with knowledge of the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. In statements, the two organizations praised their relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Maine, the super PAC for Sen. Susan Collins, Pine Tree Results, coordinates with SLF on the timing of ads and shares polling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Collins\u2019 super PAC has booked close to as much money on ads as SLF has. The same is true for super PACs in Iowa and Alaska.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared in <\/i>The New York Times<\/i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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