The Senate Leadership Fund, the leading Republican super PAC focused on Senate races, is pulling additional advertising money from North Carolina as the campaign enters its final weeks.

The group has already spent more than $30 million supporting Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley in the state. It had planned additional spending for the final month but is now putting those reservations on hold.

The decision comes as Whatley faces Democratic nominee Roy Cooper in the open Senate race created by Republican Sen. Thom Tillis' retirement. Public polling has shown Cooper leading Whatley in recent surveys.

Senate Leadership Fund is instead shifting resources toward other contests, including Kansas, where Republican Sen. Roger Marshall is facing an unexpectedly competitive challenge from Democrat Adam Hamilton. The group is making its first 2026 investment in the Kansas race with a new seven-figure advertising campaign.

The super PAC has also increased spending in other states, including Ohio and Iowa, as Republican groups adjust their advertising plans heading into the November 3 election.

The North Carolina pullback follows other Republican groups reducing their planned spending in the state. Last week, Old North Action cut $6.5 million from its October advertising reservations, according to AdImpact.

A person familiar with the Senate Leadership Fund's plans said the organization's role is to maintain the Republican Senate majority and that the shift reflects where it believes its resources can be used most effectively.

The spending changes do not end Republican campaigning in North Carolina, and Whatley's campaign continues to contest the race. The decision instead reflects a major change in how national Republican groups are allocating their remaining advertising resources less than five weeks before Election Day.