Democrats Could Take The Senate, As They Are Dominating GOP Candidates In Fundraising

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Democrats Could Take The Senate, As They Are Dominating GOP Candidates In Fundraising

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/07/19/democrats-could-take-the-senate-as-they-are-dominating-gop-candidates-in-fundraising.html/amp

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In an early sign that Democrats are in a good position to take back the Senate, Democrats are outraising Republican candidates in all toss-up Senate elections.

FiveThirtyEightreported:

In competitive Senate elections — those that the three major election handicappers rate as anything other than solid red or blue1 — Democrats have raised $34.1 million in total contributions in the first six months of 2019, and Republicans have raised $29.3 million. (A handful of minor candidates did not have second-quarter reports posted on the FEC website as of Tuesday at noon, so these numbers may be incomplete.) That gap is especially troubling for the GOP because there are eight Republican incumbents running in those 14 races, and incumbents usually raise more money than challengers early on. While Democrats have only four incumbents running, they’ve raised more than four times as much as their Republican challengers in those races. And in the two open-seat races, Democrats are outraising Republicans $1.9 million to $763,771.

In addition, Democrats are outraising Republicans in all three of the most competitive races — those rated as “toss-ups” — even though two of them have Republican incumbents.



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1. moderately good news, but ...

meh. I'll certainly take it, but ..
have to go with a pretty big grain of salt. really, really early.