A GOP group dedicated to expanding the number of women in the House and Senate raised a record-breaking fundraising haul ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, the Washington Reporter can exclusively report. 

Winning for Women Action Fund (WFW AF) and its affiliated groups raised $4 million, including over $1.5 million in hard dollars, which the groups plan to use to re-elect incumbent GOP women in Congress and to grow their ranks in Congress. WFW AF, which is the primary super PAC dedicated to electing GOP women, has already spent $20 million over the past several cycles, backing GOP women. 

WFW Action Fund (WFW AF), the first super PAC dedicated to electing Republican women, has invested $20 million to advance candidates through competitive primaries and general elections. Winning For Women (WFW) is its aligned 501(c)(4), which primarily leads targeted advocacy campaigns, hosts policy briefings with partner organizations and runs mentorship programs to support GOP women leaders. 

Those groups have combined to raise or direct almost $50 million to GOP women, and the groups already have their first picks for 2026, including several in hotly-contested primaries in Texas that kick off in March.

“Our fundraising success proves there is momentum behind our mission to elect qualified, exceptional conservative women,” Danielle Barrow, the president of WFW AF, said. “Our supporters understand that off-year investments are how you build durable candidates and protect majorities, and they’ve responded by giving more to these leaders than ever before. While battleground races remain our top priority, we’re proud to continue backing more than 20 conservative champions for their leadership in strengthening our party and our country.”

The group’s battleground candidates, who have each received on average $120,000 from WFW-aligned groups, are Sens. Ashley Moody (R., Fla.) and Susan Collins (R., Maine), as well as Reps. Ashley Hinson (R., Iowa), Young Kim (R., Calif.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R., Iowa), Jen Kiggans (R., Va.), as well as Jessica Steinmann and Alex Mealer, both of whom are running in open GOP seats in Texas.

The groups also rolled out their House and Senate “Conservative Champions” that they are supporting. Those include Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R., Miss.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.), as well as Reps. Stephanie Bice (R., Okla.), Claudia Tenney (R., N.Y.), Carol Miller (R., W.Va.), Kat Cammack (R., Fla.), Maria Salazar (R., Fla.), Laurel Lee (R., Fla.), Erin Houchin (R., Ind.), Julia Letlow (R., La.), Lisa McClain (R., Mich.), Michelle Fischbach (R., Minn.), Ann Wagner (R., Mo.), Julie Fedorchak (R., N.D.), Nicole Malliotakis (R., N.Y.), Sheri Biggs (R., S.C.), Diana Harshbarger (R., Tenn.), Monica De La Cruz (R., Texas), Beth Van Duyne (R., Texas), Celeste Maloy (R., Utah), and Harriet Hageman (R., Wyo.).

“Women candidates have proven time and time again that they can flip and defend some of the toughest seats in the country,” Meredith Allen Dellinger, the executive director of WFW AF, said. “If Republicans want to hold and grow our majorities in Congress, we need to keep recruiting, backing, and investing in more of them. With so much at stake this cycle, we are committed to leading that charge.”