With the midterm elections less than four months away, some analysts are already predicting it will be the most expensive midterm cycle in U.S. history, with spending expected to reach $10.8 billion over the cycle to support or oppose candidates across the ballot.

This year, outside spending money has broken through in Democratic primaries like never before. In New York’s 12th Congressional District, artificial intelligence (AI) super PACs poured more than $27 million into the June 23 primary. And in Michigan’s Senate primary, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its affiliates have spent close to $30 million backing Representative Haley Stevens against Abdul El-Sayed, their largest ever investment in a single…