2026-09-11T10:02:43.591Z / 路透社
摘要
- 据广告影响监测机构AdImpact称，“绝不回头”超级PAC已在六个摇摆州预订了价值逾2490万美元的广告时段
- “MAGA Inc.”向得克萨斯州参议院竞选投入1000万美元，马斯克的相关政治团体追加240万美元
- 新的特朗普关联政治行动委员会于9月1日刚刚完成注册
纽约9月11日路透电 – 2026年中期选举共和党两大筹款巨头——美国总统唐纳德·特朗普与亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克，终于在距离投票日不到八周之际开启了资金投放闸门。
当前共和党面临失去国会至少一院控制权的风险，民调显示民主党选民投票积极性更高，特朗普关联的一个政治团体已开始斥巨资在竞争激烈的选区预订电视广告时段。
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支持率仍处于其政治生涯最低谷的特朗普上周对记者表示，他计划拨款4亿至5亿美元助力共和党中期选举。
据政治广告研究机构AdImpact的数据，特朗普关联的共和党政治行动委员会“绝不回头”已在阿拉斯加、佐治亚州、密歇根州、北卡罗来纳州、新罕布什尔州和俄亥俄州六个摇摆州锁定了价值逾2490万美元的广告时段。
此外，马斯克的“美国PAC”与特朗普主要筹款机构“MAGA Inc.”近日分别向得克萨斯州联邦参议院席位竞选投入了240万美元和1000万美元。目前得克萨斯州州检察长肯·帕克斯顿面临数十年来头一名民主党人在该州全州选举中击败共和党人的风险。
其中约690万美元被用于攻击广告，针对民主党州议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科。在奈特·西尔弗的“西尔弗公报”汇总的民调平均值中，塔拉里科领先帕克斯顿2.1个百分点。
“共和党如今必须投入真金白银防守扩大后的选区地图，”弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市紫战略咨询公司的共和党战略家布拉德·戴斯普林说道，“当你突然需要向得克萨斯州投入数百万美元时，特朗普总统和马斯克敞开钱包的举动让共和党能够巩固弱势选区的支持，而无需消耗其他选区的资源。”
马斯克的“美国PAC”预计将在关键州的共和党选民动员工作中发挥重要作用，计划在11月3日选举前投入资金用于挨家挨户拉票、数字广告和直邮宣传。联邦备案文件显示，该机构已在数字广告、短信、选民电话、邮件及其他印刷材料上投入逾700万美元。该PAC的发言人拒绝置评。
新筹款机构
据一位要求匿名的知情人士透露，特朗普的中期选举筹款金库正在支持新成立的“绝不回头”超级PAC。目前尚不清楚特朗普的筹款金库将通过这个新团体划拨多少资金。
尽管特朗普的“MAGA Inc.”与“绝不回头”尚未正式建立关联，但它们共享同一财务主管查尔斯·甘特，且电话号码和地址均位于马萨诸塞州同一家公司。甘特、“MAGA Inc.”和“绝不回头”均未回复置评请求。
《纽约时报》报道称，“绝不回头”仅在本周二和周三就预订了价值4900万美元的广告时段。
目前尚不清楚这个9月1日才向联邦选举委员会注册的新PAC成立的原因，但共和党战略家罗恩·邦让表示，该机构有助于在选民对总统不满之际，将特朗普及其“让美国再次伟大”运动与竞选捐款切割开来。
新PAC投放的任何广告都将计入“绝不回头PAC”，而非与特朗普政治品牌紧密绑定的“MAGA Inc.”。
“这是一招高明的策略，因为它去掉了名称中的‘MAGA’字样，抹去了与特朗普的任何关联。它取了一个无关紧要的名字，没人会在意，而不像‘MAGA Inc.’那样会立刻让独立选民反感，”华盛顿两党公共事务公司罗克解决方案的合伙人邦让说道。
据这位知情人士透露，新PAC使用了与“MAGA Inc.”相同的一些供应商开展工作，今年8月，“MAGA Inc.”的一些官员已向共和党人透露了成立新PAC的意向。
根据联邦选举委员会的规定，“绝不回头”的注册时间将使其捐赠者的完整披露时间推迟至10月下旬。
特朗普周三在达拉斯举行的共和党首次中期选举大会首日发表闭幕演讲时提议，如果共和党赢得国会选举，将向每位美国成年人发放5000美元的“特朗普红利”。目前尚不清楚这笔5000美元的款项将如何运作，也不清楚其是否合法。
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Trump and Musk super PACs unleash millions to boost Republicans in battleground races
2026-09-11T10:02:43.591Z / Reuters
Summary
- No Going Back reserves more than $24.9 million in ad time across six battleground states, AdImpact says
- MAGA Inc. puts $10 million into Texas Senate race while Musk group adds $2.4 million
- New Trump-affiliated PAC registered only on September 1
NEW YORK, Sept 11 (Reuters) – The two biggest Republican money players in the 2026 midterm elections – U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk – have finally turned on the spigot with less than eight weeks to go before Election Day.
With Republicans facing the prospect of losing control of at least one chamber of Congress, and polling showing Democrats more motivated to vote, a group connected to Trump has begun spending tens of millions of dollars to reserve blocks of TV ad time in close races.
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Trump, whose approval rating is stuck at the lowest level of his political career, told reporters last week that he planned to allocate $400 million to $500 million to boost Republicans in the midterms.
The Trump-affiliated Republican political action committee No Going Back has locked in more than $24.9 million in ad time across six battleground states: Alaska, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Ohio, according to political ad research firm AdImpact.
Additionally, Musk’s America PAC and Trump’s main fundraising arm MAGA Inc. have in recent days poured $2.4 million and $10 million respectively into the race for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas where state Attorney General Ken Paxton risks becoming the first Republican to lose to a Democrat in a state-wide election there in decades.
About $6.9 million of that money is being spent on attack ads against Democratic state lawmaker James Talarico who leads Paxton by 2.1 percentage points in an average of polls compiled by Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin.
“Republicans now must spend real money defending an expanded map,” said Republican strategist Brad Dayspring of Purple Strategies in Alexandria, Virginia. “When you suddenly have to put millions into Texas, having President Trump and Musk open their wallets gives Republicans the ability to shore up vulnerable races without draining resources from the rest of the map.”
Musk’s America PAC expects to play a major role in Republican voter turnout efforts in key states, with spending on door knockers, digital advertising and direct-mail campaigns ahead of the November 3 election. He’s already spent more than $7 million on digital advertising, text messages, voter calls, mailers and other printed materials, federal filings show. A spokesman for the PAC declined to comment.
NEW FUNDRAISING ARM
Trump’s midterm war chest is supporting the new No Going Back super PAC, according to one person familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified. It is unclear how much of Trump’s war chest will be allocated through this new group.
Though Trump’s MAGA Inc. and No Going Back aren’t yet formally affiliated with each other, they share the same treasurer – Charles Gantt – phone number and address at the same firm in Massachusetts. Gantt, MAGA Inc. and No Going Back didn’t return requests for comment.
The New York Times reported that No Going Back spent $49 million reserving advertising on Tuesday and Wednesday alone.
It is not clear why the new PAC, which registered with the Federal Election Commission on September 1, was established but Republican strategist Ron Bonjean said it helps distance Trump and his MAGA movement from campaign donations as voters sour on the president.
Any advertising from the new PAC will be credited to No Going Back PAC instead of MAGA Inc., a name closely tied to Trump’s political brand.
“It’s a brilliant strategy because it takes MAGA out of the name. It takes any affiliation to Trump out of the name. It has an innocuous name that no one will care about as opposed to MAGA Inc., which could turn off independent voters right away,” said Bonjean, a partner at bipartisan public affairs firm Rokk Solutions in Washington.
The new PAC has used some of the same vendors as MAGA Inc. to carry out its work and in August some officials from MAGA Inc. started telegraphing to Republicans their intention to create a new PAC, according to the person familiar with the operation.
The timing of No Going Back’s registration will delay full disclosure of its donors until late October, according to FEC rules.
Trump capped the first day of his Republican Party’s first-ever midterm convention in Dallas on Wednesday by proposing to pay every U.S. adult a $5,000 “Trump dividend” if the party wins the congressional elections. It was not immediately clear how the $5,000 payments would work or whether they would be legal.
Reporting by Bo Erickson in Washington and Dawn Kopecki in New York; Editing by Alistair Bell
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