Ken Griffin-Backed Super PAC Spends $4.9M in Florida Senate Race

FEC filings show Stronger Safer Nation, a super PAC backed by Citadel founder Ken Griffin, spent about $4.9 million over a two-week reporting period in the Florida Senate race, directing most of the funds to advertising and other activity opposing Democratic candidate Angie Nixon. That spending represented roughly 87% of reported expenditures in the contest during the period.

The committee, registered as an independent-expenditure-only group in March 2025, was formed to support Republican Ashley Moody. Moody was appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2025 after Marco Rubio left the seat to become secretary of state and is running for a full term against Nixon.

FEC records show Stronger Safer Nation had raised about $12 million through the end of June, including a $2.5 million contribution from Griffin in May. The filings list total receipts of just over $12 million since the committee began operating, and the recent $4.9 million outlay was the largest single spending burst in the race during the reporting window.

Griffin, Citadel’s founder and chief executive, has given significant amounts to federal contests. Federal records indicate he has contributed about $32.3 million to federal races in the current election cycle, compared with roughly $74 million in the 2022 midterms and $108.8 million in the 2024 presidential cycle.

Other Republican-aligned groups have also spent in the race. Federal filings show the Senate Leadership Fund spent $30,000 on text-message outreach supporting Moody.

Independent-expenditure-only committees can raise and spend unlimited sums to support or oppose candidates but are barred from coordinating directly with campaigns. The filings do not indicate coordination and provide the basis for the disclosed spending and fundraising figures.

The FEC filings did not include comments from the committee, Griffin, Moody’s campaign or Nixon’s campaign.