George Soros is 95 years old. Most people that age are enjoying grandchildren, maybe arguing about the thermostat. Soros is writing $102 million in checks to Democratic campaigns and PACs for the 2026 midterms, making him the top individual donor of the cycle.
The man who once told the New York Times "I'm trying to bend the arc of history" is bending it with his checkbook. Again.
The Washington Post reported on June 25 that Soros has reclaimed his position as the single largest individual donor heading into November. His vehicle of choice remains Democracy PAC, the political action committee that functions as a one-stop funnel for his electoral spending. In April alone, he announced $50 million in new commitments. The total has since climbed to $102 million, and the cycle isn't over.
For context, Soros spent $178 million during the 2022 midterms. That was a record. The current pace suggests he's not trying to match it — he's trying to beat it, and he's got months of fundraising runway left before November.
Soros's spending dwarfs every other individual donor in the cycle. This is the same man whose funding of progressive district attorney campaigns across the country produced prosecutors who treated bail reform like a religion and treated violent crime statistics like someone else's problem. The results are visible in cities from San Francisco to Philadelphia to Chicago.
Soros has been remarkably candid about what he's doing. "I must be doing something right," he told the Washington Post back in 2018. The Post itself observed at the time that "rather than recede from public life in his twilight years, Soros has decided to push even harder." Eight years later, at 95, that assessment hasn't aged — it's accelerated.
His son Alex Soros took control of the family's multibillion-dollar philanthropic empire, but the elder Soros clearly hasn't stepped back from the political side of the ledger. The Fund for Policy Reform continues to appear in FEC filings alongside Democracy PAC, and the money keeps flowing into the same infrastructure: candidates, committees, and the organizations that support them.
The left's position on money in politics has always been flexible. They'll rail against Citizens United at every fundraiser, then cash nine-figure checks from a single billionaire without blinking. The argument isn't really about getting money out of politics. It's about making sure only the right money stays in.
One man. One hundred and two million dollars. And a political party that will take every cent while telling you democracy is threatened by corporate donations.
The arc of history bends toward whoever can afford it.