NYT: New Republican super PAC backed by Maga Inc. targets 7 competitive races

Trump begins tapping over $400m in election funds held by Maga Inc.

A supporter of President Donald Trump sits in the audience on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Midterm Convention at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday (local time). [AFP]
A supporter of President Donald Trump sits in the audience on the first day of the 2026 Republican National Midterm Convention at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday (local time). [AFP]

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With less than two months to go before the US midterm elections, a new Republican-aligned super PAC has emerged. It has poured tens of millions of dollars into political advertising across seven competitive races, The New York Times reported.

Citing two people familiar with the matter, the Times reported Wednesday (local time) that the group, called No Going Back PAC Inc., was founded by Charles Gant, a Republican political operative who specializes in fundraising. Gant has regularly handled paperwork for Trump-affiliated organizations, including the president's flagship super PAC, Maga Inc., the Times reported.

The group was established Sept. 1. The Times noted that it was not immediately clear why the Trump camp decided to create a new super PAC, but said the timing was deliberate: by incorporating on that date, the group is not required to file disclosures identifying its donors or founders until mid-October.

No Going Back's website describes itself as making "independent expenditures in federal elections to support candidates who share the values of its founders and funders."

Sources told the Times that the group is receiving financial backing from Maga Inc., the super PAC that holds $400 million in cash and had been closely watched for how it would deploy its resources in this year's midterms.

The Times interpreted the development as a sign that "President Trump has finally begun to deploy in earnest the $400 million in campaign funds held by his super PAC to support Republicans in the midterms."

No Going Back began placing ad contracts Tuesday, the day before the Republican midterm convention led by President Trump opened Wednesday. The group targeted seven races: six competitive US Senate contests — in New Hampshire, Alaska, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and Georgia — and one House race in Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional District. The super PAC paid $47.4 million in ad contracts over Tuesday and Wednesday, with some ads beginning to air Wednesday.

According to ad-tracking firm AdImpact, the bulk of the spending through Wednesday was concentrated on the Senate races in New Hampshire ($9.6 million) and Alaska (about $7.7 million). Both states have low population densities, making heavy ad spending particularly effective in electoral contests.

But additional contracts placed Thursday morning for Michigan ($14.9 million) and Ohio ($11.1 million) surpassed Wednesday's totals.

The super PAC also allocated smaller sums to North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania. It also filed disclosures with the Federal Election Commission indicating it is sending direct mail to support Republican candidates in 11 other House districts and to oppose Josh Turek, the Democratic Senate candidate in Iowa.

Maga Inc. had largely stayed on the sidelines of midterm spending, but on Saturday it broke that pattern by committing $10 million to the Texas Senate race, where Republican candidate Ken Paxton has faced a fundraising disadvantage against Democratic candidate James Talarico — marking the super PAC's first major outlay in the general election phase of the midterms.


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