By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins By — Kyle Midura Kyle Midura Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/whos-spending-big-and-where-in-most-expensive-election-cycle-ever Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Spending for this year's midterms is accelerating as we get closer to Election Day. Political correspondent Lisa Desjardins makes sense of the billions spent to influence who controls Congress next year. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Oct 02, 2026 By — Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins Lisa Desjardins is a correspondent for PBS News Hour, where she covers news from the U.S. Capitol while also traveling across the country to report on how decisions in Washington affect people where they live and work. @LisaDNews By — Kyle Midura Kyle Midura