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The Sunshine Blog: Super PAC Avalanche Of Cash Continues

Civil Beat·Oct 25, 2026 · 5:01 AM CT
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With Election Day close, Civil Beat's Sunshine Blog looked at the state Campaign Spending Commission's filings and found a surge in independent-expenditure spending.

Since late September, super PACs have reported $3.8 million on mailers, social media and TV spots backing or opposing roughly three dozen candidates, with much of the money going to advertising firms, many based out of state.

State law requires anyone spending more than $2,000 on a candidate in the 60 days before the general election to disclose it right away. A large share came from For A Better Tomorrow, affiliated with Pacific Resource Partnership, the carpenters union and contractors consortium.

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