The Really Dark Money Fighting to Keep Peggy Flanagan Out of the U.S. Senate
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Corporate super PACs already account for 57% of $517 million in 2026 midterm spending — and a chunk is targeting one Indigenous gubernatorial candidate's Senate bid.
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Theory Briefing
- Corporate super PACs have poured money into the 2026 midterms at a scale where they already represent 57% of the $517 million reported spent.
- Peggy Flanagan, a prominent Indigenous politician, is a named target of this outside spending, raising questions about whose interests the money serves.
- The framing of 'dark money' points to the gap between disclosed super PAC dollars and the harder-to-trace funds behind them.
- Concentrated corporate spending in a single Senate race can drown out small-donor and grassroots fundraising, shifting who gets to compete.