Which super PACs did American Action Network fund in 2026?

Congressional Leadership Fund ($64M).

Which candidates did American Action Network's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?

against Christina Hines (Michigan 10th District, about $3.7M, lost); against Don Davis (North Carolina 1st District, about $3.2M, lost); against William Lawrence (Michigan 7th District, about $3.0M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.

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American Action Network

Dark money

7 gifts to 1 group, as reported to the FEC by the groups that received them.

Loser

American Action Network gave $64M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2026 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 0% ended up on the winning side ($159K won, $49M lost, with $6.8M in races still being counted).

Nonprofit tied to the Congressional Leadership Fund. It does not disclose its donors.

Gave to outside spenders

$64M

100% of it helped Republicans

Ended up on the winning side

$159K of the dollars in races already called

Spent on the losing side

$49M

$6.8M still being counted

Not spent yet

$8.4M

Sitting with groups that have not spent

Where the trail ends

What the IRS sees

American Action Network Inc is a 501(c)(4) social welfare group based in Washington, DC. It files a Form 990 with the IRS every year that shows how much money it moves, but never who gave it. That is the whole point of routing money this way.

IRS filings on ProPublica →

Revenue, 2023

$46M

from donors it does not have to name

Spent, 2023

$66M

Assets at year end, 2023

$16M

Tax year	Revenue	Spent	Assets	Filing
2023	$46M	$66M	$16M	990 PDF
2022	$90M	$62M	$31M	990 PDF
2021	$30M	$35M	$3.7M	e-file
2020	$48M	$42M	$8.9M	990 PDF
2019	$29M	$32M	$3.7M	990 PDF
2018	$52M	$51M	$6.5M	990 PDF
2024	filed, not yet digitised			990 PDF

The $64M it gave to super PACs in 2026 is 139% of what it took in during 2023, its latest year on file. The 990 lists what it spent on politics in a single line and leaves every donor blank.

American Action Network also bought $12M of Google and YouTube ads under its own name this cycle. All ad buyers →

Where the cheques went

A nonprofit that does not have to say where its own money came from. The trail ends here. Each gift is split the way the group that received it split its spending between winners and losers, so a $10M cheque to a group that spent 80% on losers counts as $8M on the losing side.

✓ Backed the winner or attacked the loser ✗ Backed the loser or attacked the winner Race not called yet Result not matched

Group	Gave	How the group spent it	Won / lost
Congressional Leadership Fund $8.4M not spent yet	$64M		$159K / $49M

The trail

What the money bought

The candidates American Action Network's money was spent for or against, pro-rated by American Action Network's share of each group's funding.

Candidate	Race	Spending	Their share	Paid off?
Christina Hines	Michigan 10th District	Attacking	$3.7M	✗ No
Don Davis	North Carolina 1st District	Attacking	$3.2M	✗ No
William Lawrence	Michigan 7th District	Attacking	$3.0M	✗ No
Cait Conley	New York 17th District	Attacking	$2.8M	✗ No
Randy Villegas	California 22nd District	Attacking	$2.5M	✗ No
Bob Brooks	Pennsylvania 7th District	Attacking	$2.2M	✗ No
Manny Rutinel	Colorado 8th District	Attacking	$2.1M	✗ No
Vicente Gonzalez	Texas 34th District	Attacking	$2.0M	✗ No
Kathy Castor	Florida 14th District	Attacking	$1.8M	✗ No
Amish Shah	Arizona 1st District	Attacking	$1.8M	Counting
Matthew Dunlap	Maine 2nd District	Attacking	$1.7M	Counting
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez	Washington 3rd District	Attacking	$1.7M	✗ No

Dark money as classified from the FEC entity type and public reporting.

Questions people ask

How much did American Action Network spend on the 2026 elections, and did it win?: American Action Network gave $64M to super PACs and other outside groups in the 2026 federal elections, and 100% of it helped Republicans (FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026). Counting dollars, not candidates, and only races already called, 0% ended up on the winning side ($159K won, $49M lost, with $6.8M in races still being counted).
Which super PACs did American Action Network fund in 2026?: Congressional Leadership Fund ($64M).
Which candidates did American Action Network's money end up backing or attacking in 2026?: against Christina Hines (Michigan 10th District, about $3.7M, lost); against Don Davis (North Carolina 1st District, about $3.2M, lost); against William Lawrence (Michigan 7th District, about $3.0M, lost). Amounts are the donor's share of each group's spending.