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⚠ Read this before you trust a blankWhen a race here says “little found,” “none found,” or “no significant outside spending reported,” it means I either haven’t finished checking that race yet, or nothing surfaced in the specific places I searched — not that the candidate is free of network money. Money is routinely routed through nonprofits that never name their donors, and I’m one person who hasn’t reached every race. A blank is not a clean bill of health — read it as “not yet checked.” Use the field guide below to look into any race yourself.
A note from ChloéI build and check this myself, between a lot of other hours. I’m committed to keep adding to it through the election and after — but it’s one person, so if a race isn’t fully checked yet or something’s missing, that’s why. Found a record I should add? thecubicle@proton.me.
Why this page existsThis network spends where almost no one is looking — the down-ballot races that decide who runs and certifies elections, draws the maps, and writes the voting rules. The counter is ordinary and real: vote the whole ballot, for people from your own community this network isn’t funding. The Network Check shows which candidates have documented ties.
Network Check 2026
FOLLOW THE LINES · thecubicle.net

Updated October 5, 2026 · 29 days to Election Day

Network Check 2026

The network mapped on Follow the Lines doesn't only shape policy from the outside. Its people and their money are in this year's closest races. This page shows, race by race, which candidates have documented ties to that network and which have none, and names the candidate in each race who has none. The network is counting on these races being decided by people who never see where the money comes from. Where one candidate is tied and the other is not, this page says so plainly: vote for the candidate the network isn't paying for.

See the full network map

How we check

Every candidate in these races gets the same test, regardless of party. A tie counts only if it is documented in campaign-finance filings or credible reporting. The evidence scale matches the one on the main map.

Established
Money from, or an endorsement or ground campaign by, an organization a network figure founded, runs or bankrolls. Documented in filings or on the group's own site.
Circumstantial
An indirect link: a group co-funded by a network figure, or a donor that shares an address with network-run organizations. Shown, but labeled.
None found
No ties found in the groups below as of this date. It means none were reported, not proof that none exist.

The network's 2026 vehicles

These are the organizations through which figures on the map are spending in or endorsing candidates this year.

VehicleNetwork figure2026 activity found
America PACElon Musk (funder)Planned $100–120M for the midterms. By Sept. 12 it had spent more than $8.3M, over $6M on six Senate races: TX, OH, MI, ME, IA, AK.
Turning Point ActionFounded by Charlie KirkEndorsements and its "Chase the Vote" turnout operation in Senate, House, governor, secretary of state and attorney general races.
Sentinel Action FundHeritage Action (Kevin Roberts)Backing four Senate candidates: Collins (ME), Husted (OH), Rogers (MI), Sununu (NH). Uses America PAC's VoteSafe platform for outreach.
AFP ActionCharles Koch networkSenate endorsements: Rogers (MI), Whatley (NC).
Club for Growth ActionJeff Yass (largest donor)About $4.9M in independent spending through Aug. 31, for Republicans and against Democrats in House and Senate races.
Leading the Future, Think Big, American MissionCo-funded by Andreessen Horowitz (Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz) with OpenAIBacking candidates in both parties.
Pine Tree Results PAC (pro-Collins)Alex Karp; a Leonard Leo-linked fundKarp gave $100,000. The Lexington Fund, which shares an address with Leo-tied groups, gave $1M.
Fairshake, Restoration PAC, MAGA Inc.Andreessen and Horowitz; Richard Uihlein; Trump (and Timothy Mellon)Large war chests. Their specific 2026 battleground targets weren't public in the sources checked; this page will add them as filings come in.

U.S. Senate: the races that decide control

Governors

Governors sign or veto election laws, appoint officials and, in many states, certify results.

Election officials

Secretaries of state run elections; attorneys general defend or attack election laws in court.

U.S. House toss-ups

In each of these toss-ups, the Republican nominee has a documented network tie. The Democratic nominee has none in the groups checked unless noted.

DistrictCandidate with tiesTiesNetwork-free choice

Same rule for Democrats. The AI super PAC network co-funded by Andreessen Horowitz backs some Democrats too, through its Democratic arm, Think Big: Rep. Greg Stanton (AZ-4), Rep. Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Rep. Steven Horsford (NV-4) and Ben McAdams (Utah), about $300,000 each and $1.1M for McAdams. That is a circumstantial tie and is labeled that way. None of these are in the toss-up races above.

Across the races on this page, every candidate with an established tie is a Republican. That reflects where the network is spending this year.

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Sources. Forbes (America PAC spending, Sept. 12, 2026); Wikipedia: America PAC; Turning Point Action 2026 endorsements (tpaction.com); Sentinel Action Fund candidates page; AFP Action Senate endorsements; Legis1 summary of Club for Growth Action FEC filings through Aug. 31, 2026; The Nation (Pine Tree Results PAC donors); Philadelphia Inquirer (AI super PAC spending, Oct. 2, 2026); The Intercept (super PAC front groups, May 2026); FactCheck.org (Fairshake; Restoration of America PAC); Wisconsin Examiner (Trump's Tiffany endorsement); Arizona PBS and Fox News (Biggs endorsements and Turning Point PAC ad buy); PBS NewsHour (Tiffany's 2020 certification objections); Democracy Docket (Rick Jackson); Arizona Mirror (Kolodin, Petersen); network profiles from the Follow the Lines Node Reference Chart.

Corrections and additions: thecubicle@proton.me. Every listed tie links back to a public record; if one is wrong, it will be fixed.