Democrats' fundraising advantage grows in competitive U.S. Senate, House races in Arizona
Entering the final four months of the campaign, Arizona Democrats continued to grow their financial advantage over Republicans in the state's Senate and key House races, newly filed reports show.
Despite another solid quarter of fundraising, Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., fell farther behind Democrat Mark Kelly, who raised far more and whose campaign costs were smaller compared with the money coming in.
Kelly took in $12.8 million from all sources compared with McSally's $9.3 million.
Through the end of June, Kelly had nearly $24 million in cash available compared with McSally's $11 million.
Once again, Kelly also outraised McSally from Arizona donors, among those whose residency was publicly disclosed. He pulled in $1.7 million from 17,000 Arizona residents. McSally took in $1.2 million from 11,000 such donors.
In the Scottsdale-based 6th Congressional District race, Democrat Hiral Tipirneni once again set a pace no one else could match.
She raised $665,000 and finished with nearly $1.7 million in cash.
Five-term incumbent Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz., raised $199,000 and finished with $237,000 in cash. That doesn't include the $111,000 in debt his campaign is carrying as well. His campaign logged $99,000 in additional legal fees, likely connected to his ongoing case before the House Ethics Committee.
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