They spent $22.6 million on candidates, actually. They also spent another $52.6 million on targeted ads supporting the GOP and against the Democrats.
They have also spent $1.5 million on running ads in 2016 for the 2018 elections:
The second amendment is the largest single issue voting block in the United States even above abortion. Do you think that happened by accident? Do you think that the second amendment should regularly appear in polls as one of the most important issues facing the country? Will you ever even acknowledge that the NRA has not been a grassroots advocacy group in decades?
