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Where are the most expensive midterm races and who is funding them?
Confirmed
In Short: The most expensive House race is in Central Jersey’s 7th District, where Democrat Rebecca Bennett is trying to unseat Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., who is the son of a popular former governor.
On Tuesday, voters across the United States will head to the polls for the 2026 midterm elections, with control of Congress potentially hinging on a handful of closely contested Senate and House races.
According to tracking firm AdImpact, the total amount of spending in this election cycle is projected to break records, with more than $11 billion in advertising expected by the time polls close.
The race is expected to serve as a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump’s job performance, particularly his immigration enforcement efforts.
Nicole Collins, a voter from Philadelphia, said her family has spent most of the summer close to home due to the high cost of driving.
What this adds
The race for control of Congress is expected to be a referendum on President Trump's job performance.
The most expensive House race is in Central Jersey’s 7th District, where significant funding has been poured into both sides.
Background
A key national pro-life group said it plans to spend $160 million in the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 presidential election cycles to elect its preferred candidates.
What's confirmed
- On Tuesday, voters across the United States will head to the polls for the 2026 midterm elections, with control of Congress potentially hinging on a handful of closely contested Senate and House races.
- According to tracking firm AdImpact, the total amount of spending in this election cycle is projected to break records, with more than $11 billion in advertising expected by the time polls close.
- The race is expected to serve as a referendum on Republican President Donald Trump’s job performance, particularly his immigration enforcement efforts.
- Nicole Collins, a voter from Philadelphia, said her family has spent most of the summer close to home due to the high cost of driving.
What's still developing
- "Texas is a world economic powerhouse and it is the people of Texas who built that power. But the thing about power is that nobody is going to give it to us. We have to take it back. And that is what this is election is about, taking back that power," Hinojosa said.
- The most expensive House race is unsurprisingly in Central Jersey’s 7 th District, where Rebecca Bennett, a Democrat with a resume similar to Gov Mikie Sherrill’s, is trying to unseat Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr., son of a popular former governor who was trailing in InsiderNJ’s only independent poll in the race this year.
- Granted, workers don’t pay the entire premium themselves.
- She also suggested that she could not abandon the reforms entirely, as it was important to deal with the so-called “Boriswave” of record immigration which could mean hundreds of thousands of migrants who arrived from 2021 will soon get the right to settle in the UK.
- For a company that built its brand on frontier reasoning models, leading with a cost cut on the cheap tier says something about where the real AI spending battle is happening right now.
Sources
- Al Jazeeralink
- Insideelectionslink
- Nbcdfwlink
- Qzlink
- Insidernjlink
- Abc7link
- Salonlink
- NPRlink
- Visualcapitalistlink
- Washingtonexaminerlink
- 247Wallstlink
- Inewslink
- Absolutegeekslink
- Shatteredlink
- WarpBeat — background on The Midterm Races That Could Set The Stage For Next Presidential Election link
- WTHR — video link