Follow the Money: Midterm Trends, Campaign Spending, & Election Forecasts

Chuck Rocha comes to you from the road this week to analyze campaign spending, rallies, and ads for the upcoming midterm elections. Also stay tuned to the channel for more content coming this week!

In This Episode:

0:00 Intro

2:28 Republicans pulling money from races - what this tells us about the midterms

7:36 JD Vance in Tyler, TX and Trump in Alaska expose the moving goal line for Republicans

11:11 Closing ads highlighting cost and corruption

15:17 Keeping up leading up to the election

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Recorded October 14, 2026

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Referenced in This Episode:

• PBS - Republicans retreat from battleground districts as lines shift in House races: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republicans-retreat-from-battleground-districts-as-lines-shift-in-house-races 
• ABC 7 KLTV - Vice President JD Vance stumps at historic GOP midterm rally in Tyler: https://www.kltv.com/2026/10/13/vice-president-jd-vance-bring-gop-campaign-push-tyler-through-historic-midterm-rally/ 
• Nuestro PAC (nuestropac.com) on Twitter: https://x.com/NuestroPAC/status/2110363203418886652 
• Donate to Nuestro PAC to get Chuck’s ad on air: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/nuestropac 

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