2026年中期选举花费创纪录：参议院外部花费至少20亿美元
美国华盛顿消息，2026 年美国中期选举预计将成为美国历史上花费最高的一次选举。据无党派监督机构 OpenSecrets 的统计，在联邦参议员选战中，外部团体与独立委员会的花费至少达 20 亿美元，这还不包括候选人自身的直接开支。
路透社 11 月 6 日对美国联邦选举委员会申报文件的分析显示，共和党阵营的外部团体花费比民主党阵营多出约 60%，但未能阻止共和党至少丢掉 7 个参议院席位。共和党阵营在最终落败的参议院选战上花费逾 10 亿美元。阿拉斯加州与密西西比州两场尚未判定的参议员选战未计入上述统计，两州外部花费合计 1.133 亿美元。
德克萨斯州的参议员选战是全美最烧钱的一场：世界首富埃隆·马斯克与其他财力雄厚的共和党人花费 3.16 亿美元，支持德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿；民主党阵营花费 1.09 亿美元，支持詹姆斯·塔拉里科；塔拉里科的竞选团队自身直接筹款逾 1.46 亿美元。俄亥俄州与密歇根州的参议员选战同样吸引了九位数级别的外部花费，资金在投票日前加速涌入。
资金流向随选情变化而快速调整：随着共和党在佐治亚州与北卡罗来纳州的胜算消退，两州的外部花费下降；与此同时，南卡罗来纳州、密西西比州与堪萨斯州出现竞争激烈的选战，资金随之涌入。民主党方面可能要反思路易斯安那州的投入：该党在当地仅投入逾 12.9 万美元，候选人杰米·戴维斯最终以不到两个百分点的差距落败。
2026 Midterms Set to Be Most Expensive in US History: At Least $2 Billion in Outside Senate Spending as Republicans Outspent Democrats by 60% and Still Lost at Least Seven Seats
WASHINGTON — The 2026 U.S. midterm elections are expected to be the most expensive in American history, according to the nonpartisan watchdog group OpenSecrets. In the battle for the U.S. Senate, outside groups and independent committees spent at least $2 billion — separate from candidates' direct expenditures.
A Reuters analysis of U.S. Federal Election Commission filings published on November 6 shows that Republican-affiliated groups spent roughly 60 percent more than Democratic-aligned groups, but that did not prevent Republicans from losing at least seven Senate seats. Republican groups spent more than $1 billion on Senate races the party ultimately lost. The two Senate races that remain uncalled, in Alaska and Mississippi, are omitted from the figures; outside spending in those two states combined came to $113.3 million.
The Senate race in Texas was the most expensive in the country: the world's richest person, Elon Musk, and other deep-pocketed Republicans spent $316 million to back Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, while Democratic groups spent $109 million to support James Talarico, whose campaign raised more than $146 million directly. Marquee races in Ohio and Michigan also drew nine-figure sums in outside spending, with the dollars accelerating as Election Day approached.
Spending shifted quickly with the state of each race. Spending in Georgia and North Carolina declined as Republican prospects in those races faded, while spending ramped up in South Carolina, Mississippi and Kansas as competitive races emerged in what was formerly safe Republican terrain. Democrats may question their spending in Louisiana, where they put in just over $129,000 and their candidate, Jamie Davis, lost by less than two percentage points.
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