Sports Owners Got Very Little for Their Money in Midterm Elections
Front Office Sports finds that while the vast majority of the money sports team owners spent on the 2026 midterms went to Republicans, Democrats took both chambers of Congress, flipping at least seven Senate seats. Mavericks owner Miriam Adelson gave more than $67 million to Republicans, and owners gave nearly six times as much to Republican Senate candidates in nine battleground states as to their Democratic opponents, eight of which went blue; MLB pitcher Lucas Giolito, who donated $6,000 to Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, said he wanted to back a campaign whose platform aligned with his values.
