President Donald Trump’s political operation is beginning to unleash its massive midterm war chest, with a newly formed super PAC tied to his main political organization reporting roughly $21 million in spending against Democratic candidates in some of the country’s most closely watched Senate and House races.
No Going Back PAC Inc. reported more than $21 million in independent expenditures over the weekend, according to Federal Election Commission filings, with the largest expenditures targeting Democratic Senate candidates in Ohio, Michigan, and North Carolina.
The spending included approximately $6.7 million opposing former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, $3.8 million opposing Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, $2.9 million opposing former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, $1.8 million opposing New Hampshire Democrat Chris Pappas, and roughly $780,000 opposing Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA).
The PAC also reported spending in a series of competitive House races, including contests in Ohio, Texas, North Carolina, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Washington.
The spending is the latest phase of a much larger advertising blitz by Trump’s political operation.
No Going Back’s ad reservations climbed rapidly in the days after its formation, from roughly $25.8 million to nearly $49 million to more than $68 million by last week, eventually covering six Senate races and 14 House districts, according to AdImpact data reported by the New York Times. The reservations included $15.8 million in Michigan, $11.1 million in Ohio, $10.7 million in New Hampshire, $9.1 million in Alaska, $5 million in North Carolina, and $2.1 million in Georgia. Now, the group has begun converting those reservations into actualized campaign expenditures.
The FEC identifies No Going Back as an independent-expenditure-only super PAC. It registered on September 1 and is closely connected to MAGA Inc., Trump’s primary super PAC. The two organizations share a treasurer, address, and phone number, according to CNBC.
The new PAC’s creation came as Trump prepared to deploy hundreds of millions of dollars toward the 2026 midterms. MAGA Inc. reported approximately $403.5 million in cash on hand as of July 31. Trump has said his political operation could spend as much as $500 million to help Republicans in the midterm elections.
Trump’s political operation had spent months accumulating a massive war chest, while Republican candidates in competitive races waited to see when the money would actually reach the battlefield.
No Going Back’s largest Senate expenditures are concentrated in races where Democrats are attempting to challenge Republicans or defend vulnerable seats.
The PAC’s House spending is similarly spread across competitive districts, including Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, where Republican state Senate leader John Braun is challenging Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. No Going Back has reserved approximately $1.7 million in that race, where Trump endorsed Braun.
The district is considered competitive partly because Trump carried it in the last three presidential elections, even as Gluesenkamp Perez won it for Democrats in 2022 and retained the seat in 2024.
Trump’s political operation is not the only major Republican-aligned organization spending heavily. Billionaire Elon Musk’s America PAC has also begun deploying money in Senate and House contests after Musk authorized as much as $120 million for its midterm effort. Reuters reported that America PAC had already spent millions across competitive races.
Super PACs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money independently of candidate campaigns, although they cannot legally coordinate their expenditures with the candidates they support. No Going Back is not required to disclose its donors in the same way a candidate committee would, and because it was established only on September 1, its initial donor information is not expected to become public until later in the fall.
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