Billionaire media mogul Michael Bloomberg is once again pouring vast sums into left-wing gun-control politics, this time steering $12 million toward eight congressional candidates closely aligned with the gun-control network he has bankrolled for years.
According to the Daily Caller, Bloombergs latest spending surge is tightly coordinated with Everytown for Gun Safety, the flagship organization in his long-running campaign to restrict Second Amendment rights. Bloomberg had already unveiled an $80 million political spending plan on Oct. 20, as reported by The New York Times, directing money to Democratic candidates in multiple statewide contests and handing Everytown $24 million, bringing his total known contributions to the group to at least $36 million.
His political lieutenant made clear that Bloomberg sees a favorable environment for expanding his influence. When the wind is at your back, you want to put more boats in the water, Howard Wolfson, senior adviser to Bloomberg, told Politico. And it seemed to us that the wind was even more strongly blowing this week.
The latest tranche of money is aimed at races where former volunteers with Moms Demand Action, an Everytown affiliate, are now running as Democratic candidates. The targeted districts include three of the four House seats in Iowa and two in Michigan both states carried by President Donald Trump in the 2024 elections along with single districts in Florida, Pennsylvania and Arizona, Politico reported.
In Iowas First Congressional District, Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks faces Democratic nominee Christina Bohannon, while in the Second District, Republican Joe Mitchell is running against Democrat Lindsay James. In the Third District, Republican Rep. Zach Nunn is being challenged by Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott, according to Ballotpedia.
Michigan is also a focal point of Bloombergs strategy to flip Trump-won territory with gun-control candidates. In the Eighth Congressional District, Democratic Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet is being challenged by Republican Thomas J. Smith, while in the Tenth District, an open seat pits Democrat Christina Hines against Republican Michael Bouchard, Ballotpedia notes.
Further west and east, Bloombergs network is targeting key swing seats that could determine control of the House. In Arizonas Sixth Congressional District, Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani is facing Democrat JoAnna Mendoza, while in Pennsylvanias Eighth District, Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan Jr. is up against Democrat Paige Cognetti.
Bloomberg is also funneling at least $2.5 million into statewide races in traditionally pro-Second Amendment states, backing Democratic Senate nominees James Talarico in Texas and Adam Hamilton in Kansas, as well as Democratic gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries openly welcomed the billionaires intervention, telling The New York Times he hoped Bloombergs spending would boost Democrats chances of seizing the House majority.
Mayor Bloomberg played an incredibly instrumental role in the decisive midterm election in 2018, Jeffries said. The extraordinary support from Mayor Bloomberg will once again help Democrats flip the House.
Everytown and its predecessor groups, Mayors Against Illegal Guns and Moms Demand Action, have received more than $270 million from Bloomberg since 2007, according to The New York Times, underscoring the scale of one mans financial leverage over the gun-control movement. Everytown recently boasted of a $1 million ad blitz for Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger shortly after she defeated then-Republican Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears in the 2025 gubernatorial race, a reminder that Bloombergs money is being deployed not just to shape policy debates, but to systematically unseat pro-gun conservatives in states and districts that supported President Trump.
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