News: Speaker Mike Johnson raised $34 million in the first quarter, his best fundraising quarter ever.
Team Johnson says this is the largest election-year quarter ever by a GOP speaker or minority leader. Johnson has doled out $18 million to incumbents and nearly $30 million to the NRCC.
Johnson’s 2025-26 cycle total is now more than $116 million raised.
News: Senate Majority PAC and Majority Forward, the Democratic super PAC’s affiliated nonprofit group, raised a combined $70.4 million in the first quarter of 2026. Senate Majority PAC ended the quarter with $74.8 million on hand.
SMP raised $31.3 million and Majority Forward raised $39.3 million.
Per SMP spokesperson Lauren French, the tally represents “the largest first-quarter fundraising haul in Senate Majority PAC history.”
We’ll note that SLF and One Nation, the GOP counterparts to SMP and Majority Forward, raised a combined $115 million in Q1. SLF has $167 million on hand and also unveiled $342 million in ad reservations across eight battleground states.
