The National Republican Senatorial Committee is sending $1.1 million in early maximum donations to every GOP incumbent running for Senate in 2026, including those facing primary challenges.
The committee began 2025 with $26 million in debt and unpaid expenses from the last election cycle, but has since paid off its obligations in full. That financial turnaround has allowed the NRSC to distribute $62,000, the maximum allowable amount, to each Republican incumbent up for reelection.
“Senate Republicans are united as one team, and that is why the NRSC is showing our financial support to Senate Republicans earlier than ever,” said NRSC Chairman Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
“I’m honored to support our 2026 incumbents to advance President Trump’s agenda, expose radical Democrat opponents, and ultimately keep crucial seats in Republican hands in 2026,” he added.
NRSC officials credit Scott’s business background and leadership for the early debt repayment. By cutting overhead, streamlining operations, and making debt elimination a top priority, the committee erased its liabilities months ahead of schedule, allowing it to begin deploying resources early.
In the first half of the year, the NRSC raised $48.6 million, bringing in over $8 million more than the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which collected about $40 million, according to Federal Election Commission data. As of the end of June, the NRSC reported $7.8 million in cash-on-hand, trailing the DSCC’s $13.5 million. However, the NRSC carried just $2 million in loans, significantly less than the DSCC’s $5.25 million debt, according to their latest FEC filings.
So far this year, the NRSC has attracted more than 26,000 new donors, with 99% of contributions coming in under $200, according to a spokesperson. The committee has brought in $10 million more than it had by this time in July 2023, bolstering its ability to grow the Senate GOP’s current 53-seat majority.
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Still, the committee faces costly battles to defend Republican-held seats in Maine, North Carolina, and Ohio, while also targeting Democratic-held seats in Michigan and New Hampshire, where Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) are retiring. Republicans will also focus their war chest on ousting incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA), who is running for reelection in a state President Donald Trump won in November.