McGrath Grows War Chest to Take on McConnell

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McGrath Grows War Chest to Take on McConnell

January 3, 2020 at 3:29 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/03/mcgrath-grows-war-chest-to-take-on-mcconnell/

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Amy McGrath (D) raised $6.2 million for her U.S. Senate campaign in the fourth quarter of 2019, “marking another impressive fundraising quarter even as she faces grumbling from some progressive Democrats in Kentucky,” the Lexington Herald Leader reports.

“The money McGrath raised in the final three months of 2019 brings her total to $16.9 million, just $2 million shy of what former Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes raised in her bid against U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2014. McGrath’s campaign said it has $9.1 million on hand.”

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[NewJeffCT]

1. does the article mean

that her $16.9 million is $2 million short of Grimes at this same stage in 2013 going into 2014, or did Grimes raise $18.9 million in total between 2013 and election day 2014?

[applegrove]

2. I think Grimes raised $2million more up to election day in 2014. And McGrath

is 10 months away from the election deadline so she will probably raise way more. It is like a horse race when they make comparisons like that, no?