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OpenSecrets+ QPQ Tracker analysisJuly 22, 2026

‘PACs galore’: Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is now a super PAC battleground

Outside groups have poured more than $52 million into Michigan's open-seat Senate primary — second only to Texas — overwhelming the candidates' own fundraising. OpenSecrets maps the four super PACs driving it. Our companion analysis follows each of those machines one layer deeper: who capitalizes them, what they did last cycle, and where the disclosure gaps are.

By Joedy McCreary, OpenSecrets