▁raised ▁$ 6 0 . 7 ▁million ▁in ▁c ash ▁-- ▁most ▁ever ▁for ▁a ▁president ial ▁year ▁( best ing ▁the ▁previous ▁records ▁from ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 2 ). ▁ ▁Ben ne cke ' s ▁R GA ▁helped ▁winning ▁candidates ▁take ▁governor ships ▁in ▁Missouri , ▁New ▁Ham pshire ▁and ▁Verm ont ▁from ▁the ▁Democr ats , ▁while ▁holding ▁Indiana ▁( v ac ated ▁suddenly ▁in ▁July ▁by ▁Mike ▁P ence ). ▁They ▁suffered ▁a ▁net ▁loss ▁only ▁in ▁North ▁Carolina ▁( which ▁went ▁to ▁a ▁rec ount ). ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁ 3 3 ▁Republican ▁Govern ors , ▁the ▁most ▁for ▁the ▁party ▁since ▁ 1 9 2 2 , ▁and ▁one ▁short ▁of ▁the ▁all - time ▁record . ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁cycle , ▁the ▁R GA ▁raised ▁and ▁spent ▁a ▁record ▁$ 1 8 0 ▁million ▁when ▁ 3 8 ▁g ubern atorial ▁elections ▁where ▁up . ▁R GA ▁won ▁ 2 0 ▁of ▁the ▁ 3 6 ▁states ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁including ▁battle ground ▁cont ests ▁in ▁Florida , ▁Georgia , ▁Ohio , ▁Iowa , ▁and ▁Arizona . ▁Despite ▁huge ▁head w inds ▁for ▁the ▁G OP , ▁un pre ced ented ▁fund ing ▁from ▁dem ocr atic ▁aligned ▁groups , ▁and ▁a ▁record ▁number ▁of ▁open - se at ▁and ▁inc umb ent ▁def ends , ▁the ▁R GA ▁successfully ▁held ▁on ▁to ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁states . ▁ ▁Personal ▁life