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GOP pulling up to $10M out of North Carolina Senate race, diverting to Kansas in late bid to save majority

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Christenson, J. (2026, October 2). GOP pulling up to $10M out of North Carolina Senate race, diverting to Kansas in late bid to save majority. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/us-news/gop-pulling-up-to-10m-out-of-north-carolina-senate-race-diverting-to-kansas-in-late-bid-to-save-majority/

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Republican groups are redirecting up to $10 million from North Carolina's Senate race to support Senator Roger Marshall’s re-election campaign in Kansas and another $20 million to help GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson retain her seat in Iowa as the November 3 election approaches. The move reflects a strategic shift by the Senate Leadership Fund, which initially allocated $71 million for Michael Whatley’s campaign in North Carolina but has cut spending there after investing only $30 million due to poor polling results. This redirection aims to maintain the GOP's majority in the Senate amid tight races in Kansas and Iowa.

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Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a top Republican super PAC aligned with Senate GOP leadership, has paused its ad spending in North Carolina's Senate race, where polls show former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper leading over Republican nominee Michael Whatley. The SLF is shifting resources to support Senator Roger Marshall's re-election campaign in traditionally red-leaning Kansas, potentially redirecting up to $10 million before the November 3rd election. This move reflects growing concerns among Republicans about defending seats in states that could be increasingly competitive for Democrats due to President Donald Trump’s declining approval ratings and voter frustration with high costs and the Iran war. The SLF had previously pledged $71 million to North Carolina but has now cut its losses, spending just $30 million there before redirecting funds elsewhere.

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— Republicans are moving up to $10 million from North Carolina’s Senate race and putting it toward shoring up deep-red Kansas, The Post has learned, while the main Trump-backing super PAC and the official Senate GOP campaign arm are done spending in the Tar Heel State. asserted

PAC → move → State

The Senate Leadership Fund, aligned with Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), initially set aside $71 million to elevate North Carolina GOP nominee Michael Whatley — but is now cutting its losses after shelling out just $30 million, according to sources familiar with the super PAC’s thinking. uncertain

Fund → align → thinking

One of those sources suggested that at least $8.2 million is now being used to boost incumbent Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), while another suggested the sum sent to the Sunflower State could top $10 million before Election Day Nov. 3. uncertain

sum → suggest → Day

At least $20 million is also being diverted to Iowa to help GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson keep the seat left vacant by retiring Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa). asserted

Hinson → divert → Ernst

Another $14 million is going to the Ohio Senate race, where Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) is seeking election to finish the term of Vice President JD Vance. asserted

Husted → go → Vance

“SLF’s job is to maintain the majority and this move reflects the most effective and efficient use of resources to do exactly that,” another source told Semafor, which first reported the news. asserted

which → maintain → news

At the same time, both the pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), the main political action committee defending the GOP’s majority in the upper chamber, are canceling future spending on North Carolina through Election Day, sources noted. asserted

sources → defend → Day

Democratic former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper leads Whatley, the ex-Republican National Committee chairman, by nine percentage points in the latest RealClearPolitics polling average. asserted

Cooper → lead → average

In February, a Republican campaign operative predicted to The Post that the North Carolina race was going to be “probably one of the most expensive races in the country.” asserted

race → predict → country

The GOP currently holds a 53-47 majority in the Senate, meaning Democrats have to flip a net of four seats to regain control after two years in the minority. asserted

Democrats → hold → minority

The RCP average shows Marshall ahead by just 1.5 percentage points in a state he won by more than 11 percentage points in 2020. asserted

he → show → 2020

More recent surveys from Emerson College and Wedgewood Polls show Hamilton ahead by two percentage points. asserted

Hamilton → show → points

SLF recently released an ad attacking Hamilton as “too extreme for Kansas, while Marshall’s campaign has relitigated criticisms from the Democratic primary that the Senate hopeful mishandled an internal investigation into a “child predator” at his church two decades ago, in a new ad rolling out Friday. asserted

hopeful → release → ad

GOP pulling up to $10M out of North Carolina Senate race, diverting to Kansas in late bid to save majority

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