It’s all about the Super Pacs: How the New York Times completely misreported campaign contributions in the Maine Senate race

Tom Ferguson came across this news article, Who Really Has the 2026 Midterms Cash Edge?, and was disappointed to see this completely wrong graph: The problem here is not the inclusion of no-longer-candidate Platner, as that’s noted in a footnote. Rather, as Ferguson says, The Times shows Platner outraising Collins; whereas she is millions and millions of dollars ahead, as our charts show. Here’s the chart that Ferguson shared with us the other day: If Collins raised $39 million, why did the Times say that Collins only raised $13 million? (They also understated Platner’s total, but by a lot less, counting $13 million instead of $16 million.) I asked Ferguson how this happened–how did the Times screw up so badly? He replied: Probably they just used the campaign fund of the candidates. The Super Pacs report elsewhere. You have to look them up. This is normal; we’re clear about that when we did Platner. Republican candidates like Collins are really operating with a pack of funds. That’s…