GOP Super-PAC Starts Early, Spends Millions to Lift 2026 Midterm Turnout

The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super-PAC closely aligned with House Republican leaders, and its non-profit affiliate American Action Network have begun pouring millions of dollars into polling and advertising aimed at mobilizing so-called “prosperity” voters—people who backed Donald Trump for president but frequently skip midterm contests. The early push is designed to protect the GOP’s narrow majority in the 2026 U.S. House elections by reshaping an electorate that historically tilts away from Republicans when Trump is not on the ballot. Unlike past cycles, the groups are spending well before the customary post-Labor Day advertising blitz. Commercials and voter-contact programs are already running in Georgia, North Carolina, Maine, Alaska and Nebraska, with an additional Texas buy expected shortly. Strategists involved in the effort say the goal is to use granular polling and behavioral data to persuade irregular Republican voters to cast ballots in an off-year, potentially altering turnout patterns that have persisted for decades.