In case you missed it, the
Republican National Committee (RNC) and President Trump are fully prepared to
use Republicans’ war chest ahead of the midterms after the Supreme
Court ruled in favor of no limitations on how much political parties can spend
on their candidates’ campaigns.
You can read the full story here or see
highlights below.
The Supreme
Court Just Gave the G.O.P. a New Midterm Edge
New York Times
June 30, 2026
For years, Republican
candidates had faced a persistent disadvantage. Their Democratic counterparts
had raised far more money, primarily from small-dollar donors online. And
candidates qualify for cheaper advertising rates than political parties do.
Republicans wanted to close that gap by letting parties — which can be funded
by six-figure checks from wealthy donors — spend as much as they wanted in
coordination with candidates.
[…]
The ruling in National
Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission is widely
expected to usher in the biggest shift in how campaigns are funded since the
aftermath of the Citizens United decision in 2010, which lifted limits on
corporate expenditures and laid the groundwork for the current era of
big-spending super PACs.
[…]
In the short term, the case
is likely to benefit Republicans. The Republican National Committee entered
June with $125.5 million in the bank, while the Democratic National Committee
carried more debts than cash on hand.
“The R.N.C. is playing with
nuclear weapons and the D.N.C. has one of those Wile E. Coyote guns with a flag
that says ‘Bang!’” said Sean Cooksey, a former commissioner on the Federal
Election Commission and a former general counsel to the vice president, in a
social media post.
[…]
Inside the R.N.C., Mr.
Ambrosini said, the planning for the ruling began early last year. His internal
mandate was to conserve as much cash as possible, so the party could be ready
to spend heavily on ads in tandem with congressional candidates if a favorable
ruling landed and granted the parties those lower TV rates.
[…]
“It’s one of the main
reasons that anyone that is a Republican should not write our obituary in
June,” Mr. Ambrosini said.
[…]
