WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: “Senate Democrats are racing further ahead of their GOP rivals in fundraising”

Here’s what they’re saying:

HuffPost: Senate Democrats In Tough Races Out-Raise GOP Rivals
By Daniel Marans
April 16, 2024

• The fundraising edge spanned the country and across different kinds of candidates. Democratic incumbents in Nevada, Ohio, Montana, and Pennsylvania; candidates in open races in Michigan, Maryland and Arizona; and challengers running against GOP incumbents in Texas and Florida all brought in more money than their Republican counterparts.

POLITICO: Senate Dems pad cash leads in key races
By Ally Mutnick
April 16, 2024

• Senate Democrats are racing further ahead of their GOP rivals in fundraising.

• Across the seven most competitive races, Democratic candidates raised a collective $82.3 million. The NRSC-endorsed candidates in those seven states had just $21.5 million.

CNN: Democrats post big hauls and other first-quarter takeaways
By David Wright, Fredreka Schouten, Alex Leeds Matthews and Matt Holt
April 16, 2024

• FEC records show the Democratic incumbents or front-runners in these battleground states well armed for the fall fight, several of whom are likely to face wealthy Republican challengers.

Axios: Democratic Senate candidates rout GOP in fundraising
By Stephen Neukam and Stef W. Kight
April 16, 2024

• Just about every Democrat running in competitive Senate races this year significantly out-raised their GOP challenger in the first quarter, according to an Axios analysis of fundraising data.

• Four of those [Democratic] incumbents more than doubled their challenger’s fundraising haul.

Washington Post: Democratic Senate candidates are still (mostly) outraising Republicans
By Leigh Ann Caldwell and Theodoric Meyer
April 16, 2024

• Democrats outraised Republicans in the first three months of the year in six of the seven Senate races expected to determine control of the chamber, according to newly filed disclosures — even though several Republicans wrote their campaigns six- and seven-figure checks.

NBC News: Three takeaways as Democratic donors pour cash into fight for Senate
By Bridget Bowman and Joe Murphy
April 16, 2024

• Not only have Democrats been outraising their GOP challengers and building up their cash reserves, but the new reports also show that they’re now largely outspending their Republican opponents.

The Hill: 5 takeaways from latest fundraising
By Jared Gans
April 16, 2024

• A consistent bright spot for Democrats…has been their fundraising totals, and that continued into the first quarter.

Washington Examiner: Senate Democrats out-fundraise Republican challengers in key swing state races
By Samantha-Jo Roth
April 16, 2024

• Senate Democrats are padding their war chests, raising significantly more money than many of their Republican counterparts in the first three months of this year, according to campaign finance records.

National Journal: Democrats post strong start to the election year
By Kirk A. Bado
April 16, 2024

• Democrats have not seen a drop-off in campaign contributions and will put up a fight.

Washington Post: Senate Democratic contenders raise big, while GOP self-funded candidates spend big
By Maeve Reston and Clara Ence Morse
April 16, 2024

• Democrats in some of the most closely watched Senate races have sprinted out to an advantage over their Republican competitors.

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