Ohio's 2022 U.S. Senate race shatters spending records

… </tbody></table></div><div id="fusion-static-exit:N6UBWTCJMRBPDGZYUF7DQ2LQ64" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="N6UBWTCJMRBPDGZYUF7DQ2LQ64"></div><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-14" data-gaid="inarticle-14"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="IL55XKHGCZG2HIH5WYVLUO3CL4">But Republican groups made up the lion’s share of the $103.7 million that outside groups spent in Ohio. The largest outside spender was the Senate Leadership Fund, which is closely aligned with Republican U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Along with a nonprofit affiliate, the McConnell-backed groups spent $36.2 million helping Vance win the race. Another pro-Vance group, the Protect Ohio Values Super PAC, spent $19.5 million helping Vance. A single donor, California billionaire Peter Thiel, who is Vance’s former boss, was the group’s largest funder, giving it $15 million.</p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-15" data-gaid="inarticle-15"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="KOUB6OSLSRBUPC6TIRVUHJ3POY">In comparison, outside Democratic groups spent around $14.1 million on the race. The two largest ones were the Save America Fund, a semi-official pro-Ryan PAC that spent $8 million helping Ryan and attacking Vance, and $2.8 million spent by the Future Forward PAC, a national progressive PAC that spent $2.8 million on anti-Vance attack ads.</p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-16" data-gaid="inarticle-16"></div><p class="article__paragraph article__paragraph--left" id="ECY7LIMIRNGPZGBUEOJNWUGXTY">Here’s a table breaking down spending by outside groups. The data’s source is OpenSecrets.org.</p><div class="InContent_Center_Background"><div class="InContent_Center_Padding"><div class="ad-observer"></div></div></div><div id="inarticle-17" data-gaid="inarticle-17"></div><div id="fusion-static-enter:KMECZKYUQVC27OYYQCFPXUGJIQ" style="display:none" data-fusion-component="KMECZKYUQVC27OYYQCFPXUGJIQ"></div><div class="rawhtml"><style type="text/css"> …