Sheldon Adelson Breaks Spending Record on Midterm Elections, Surpassing $100M

Conservative megadonor outpaces his 2016 spending

Sheldon Adelson Credit: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo

Conservative megadonors Sheldon Adelson and Miriam Adelson have doled out more than $100 million to aid Republicans in the midterm election, far outpacing their giving during the 2016 presidential cycle.

A new $25 million donation puts the billionaire benefactors’ total spending toward helping Republicans hold on to both chambers of Congress at $113 million, Bloomberg reported. The donation was to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC with ties to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

That total surpasses the $82.6 million the couple spent on the 2016 cycle.

View the complete October 22 article by Emily Kopp on the Roll Call  website here.