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Super PACs backing Republican incumbent Jon Husted in Ohio’s U.S. Senate races received $2 million this year from two 501(c)(4) groups that FirstEnergy secretly funded during the 2018 elections to support Republican candidates for Senate and Ohio Secretary of State. The Ohio Flyer PAC, which has spent millions of dollars in 2026 on ads supporting...

New disclosure shows more contributions from entities tied to Consumers Energy and DTE Energy in the lead-up to Election Day

Florida Power & Light’s $2.5 million donation to the Republican Governors Association is the single largest utility gift on record to these groups.

Utility political action committees (PACs) have poured $11.5 million into congressional races this cycle. That amount is less than they had spent at this point in the 2024 cycle, when utility PACs had already contributed $13.6 million by the October reporting period.  NextEra Energy, Southern Company, Entergy, and Duke Energy are spending the most of...