Dec 1, 2023

As the GOP Presidential Primary field continues to winnow, so does the Super PACs engaged in the cycle and their spending. November is down significantly from October ($39.5M in Oct. to $24.9M in Nov.), but so are the number of candidates still in the GOP Primary.

Notable spending events in November:

1. Doug Burgum supporting, Best of America, is still spending money…
2. Never Back Down is not….or barely, and theres a new DeSantis super pac, still run by Roe
3. There is a Super PAC supporting Dean Phillips, even more surprising is that the ads are being made by a firm that has made ads for Republicans like John McCain, Bob Corker, The Lincoln Project, and now Dean Phillips.
4. MAGA still aint spending against Nikki.

Take a look at the below and let us know what we missed or if you have a different take on the content.

To the numbers:
The numbers presented below are from November 1 to November 30

Top Lines:

$24,965,440.76 was spent on IE in October.

Stand For America (Gov. Haley Aligned)
$6,929,444.96 was spent in November. SFA PAC is the biggest spender of the for the second month in a row.

$3,856,327.86 was spent supporting Haley

$3,048,117.10 was spent opposing DeSantis

$25,000 was spent opposing Biden

Americans for Prosperity (now Haley aligned)

$4,813,927.81 spent in November

$3,509,990.96 ICYMI, AFP endorsed Haley this week and has already dropped $3.5M on mostly ads and some canvassing

$564,000 opposing Trump

$564,000 opposing Biden

They also made their first expenditures across a smattering of Senate and House races

Make America Great Again Inc. (Trump Aligned)

$4,127,188.50 was spent in October.

$2,347,489.68 spent supporting Trump

$1,620,581.54 spent opposing DeSantis

$159,117.28 spent opposing Biden

Yet again, MAGA is not spending in opposition to Haley despite all the press hype.

Never Back Down (Gov. DeSantis aligned)

$2,633,859.88 spent in November.

$2,565,977.70 spent supporting DeSantis

$66,882.18spent opposing Haley

$1,000.00 spent opposing Trump

NBD turned off for almost 3 weeks in November and is not any where close to spending the $100M - $200M they pledged to spend. In all likelihood they are still sitting on an enormous amount of cash as they aren’t even close to spending the cash they had on hand at the end of the last reporting cycle. And now its reported that the NBD CEO has left and DeSantis is pushing donors to a different Super PAC.

Tell It Like It Is PAC (Christie Aligned) -
$1,249,528.26 was spent supporting Christie in November.

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Fight Right Inc. (Haley Opposed)

$969,817.00 was spent opposing Haley

In the ongoing Drama of DeSantis world, this is another Super PAC offshoot of NBD established to largely oppose Haley. Jeff Roe and AxMedia are now buying TV for both Never Back Down and Fight Right….

If you haven’t read about the drama, you can find it here:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-nikki-haley-fight-right-never-back-down-rcna126102

Best of America PAC (Gov. Burgum aligned),
$928,746.00 was spent in November supporting Burgum despite the fact that he is not making the debate stages and shows no sign of improving.

Pass the Torch USA Inc - (Phillips aligned)

$8,076.33 was spent supporting Dean Phillips bid for President

Only including this because of the curiosity of the expenditure, and that the ads supporting a Democrat for President are made by a consultant who has historically cut ads for Republicans, before cutting ads for the Lincoln Project, and now a Democrat.
 
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