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PoliticoThe Senate Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC aligned with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, is set to narrow the financial disparities currently holding his party back in its bid to retake the Senate. The super PAC has more than $160 million in advertising on the books for the post-Labor Day crunch, according to AdImpact just the beginning of a cash blitz thats poised to blunt the financial edge that Democratic candidates have enjoyed for 18 months.
Its a repeat in the making of 2020, when the GOP PAC notched blockbuster fundraising down the stretch and rained down ads on Senate Democratic candidates that helped avert a complete Republican collapse, though the chamber still narrowly flipped. And Democrats expect this years polls to tighten enough to make every race a nail-biter.
These are all going to be dogfights for the final couple months, said former Democratic Senate Campaign Committee adviser Justin Barasky. Republican money is coming. We always knew it was going to, because it always does. Doesnt mean its easy to deal with, but its not unexpected.
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,811 posts)rubbersole
(6,737 posts)Although he has a lot of competition, he narrowly wins. Biggest thief, most untruthful, slimiest and by far the ugliest bottom feeder the repubs have produced.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Is NOT like 2020...Throw $$$$$at it thugs...I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME ROAR....MY VOTE cannot be bought...a and Mitch knows it!!!!!!
CousinIT
(9,264 posts)Bayard
(22,181 posts)I HATE that! Even worse, I hate hearing it from Dems!
Dems are on a roll. But the big shocker, for some, is going to be the women voter turnout on abortion rights.
Money isn't everything, and I'm glad of it.
brooklynite
(94,790 posts)Don't tell yourself that a Blue Wave will sweep every Democrat into office. Non Statewide races present a big challenge, regardless of Dobbs.
halobeam
(4,873 posts)I'm gonna be donating until my husband pulls me away from this screen lol. Really.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,484 posts)And don't forget to
Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,666 posts)The Democrats need to thank TFG for sucking up all of the small donors and Rick Scott for being an asshole who cannot run this campaign
Link to tweet
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/democratic-senate-campaign-fundraising-outpaces-gop-fourth-straight-mo-rcna44133
With less than three months until the November elections, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee appears to be in a more formidable financial position, with $54.1 million cash on hand, well more than double the $23 million left in the National Republican Senatorial Committees account.
The NRSC reported about $8 million in fundraising in July.
The DSCCs $10 million total last month is down from the $12.5 million it raised in June, when, it said, there was a surge in donations after the Supreme Court struck down constitutional protections for abortion.
The fundraising figures were reported amid increasing questions over whether Republican can wrest control of the 50-50 Senate from Democrats in a midterm year that had been predicted to be favorable to them.
NBachers
(17,149 posts)I'm making my little donations all across the board, but maybe it's time I started responding to those loathsome messages I keep getting on my phone.