Democrats outnumbered Republicans 2 to 1 in 2024 Senate races

Democratic Senate campaigns and campaigns by independents caucusing with Democrats have increased more than twice as much as Republican Senate campaigns, according to the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

Of the $496.2 million get up for Senate candidates since 2019, Democratic candidates have raised $289.6 million, while Republicans have raised just $146.1 million. The Democratic total rises to $338.5 million when donations to Sens. Bernie Sanders, Angus King and Kyrsten Sinema, independents who caucus with Democrats, are considered.

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin recently announced he will not seek re-election, so the $11.3 million he raised was subtracted from the FEC figure. Approximately $50 million from funds raised by Democratic senatorial campaigns He came of the candidates running in the California Senate primaries as Democrats.

Republicans suffered a slate of defeats during the election on Tuesday after being spent more by Democrats in five of six key races. Democrats spent more on advertising during the election in Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Republicans failed to retake the governor’s mansion in Kentucky, lost seats in state legislatures in Virginia and New Jersey, failed to pick up a state supreme court seat in Pennsylvania, and failed to defeat a ballot measure enshrining the right to abortion in the ohio constitution. , a former state President Donald Trump he won 8 points in 2020.

Republicans won the gubernatorial election in Mississippi, the only key state where Republicans outpolled Democrats. Acting Governor Tate Reeves he won 51.6% of the votes, with lower performance Trump’s 2020 vote share of 57.6%.

Republicans trail Democrats in fundraising in competitive Senate seats that could decide which party controls the chamber after the 2024 election.

Democratic or Democratic-aligned incumbents are running for re-election in every 2024 Senate race that Cook Political Report calls “competitive”. Incumbents have had much longer to raise funds than their opponents, which may explain the fundraising gap.

Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is defending his seat in Ohio, has raised $21.2 million this senatorial cycle. Matt Dolan, Brown’s top fundraising Republican challenger, has raised just $8.8 million.

Democrats upset Republicans in the race for Montana’s Senate seat, another election that will likely be crucial in determining control of the Senate. Democratic Sen. Jon Tester has raised $19.6 million, while Tester’s top Republican challenger, Tim Sheehy, has raised just $2.9 million.

Democratic Senate campaigns have outperformed their Republican counterparts in Wisconsin, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Republicans, however, have a slight lead over Democrats in House campaign fundraising, seconds in the FEC.

Of the $522 million raised by House campaigns since 2023, $274.8 million went to Republicans and $245 million to Democrats. “House Republicans continued their fundraising bonanza this quarter as members continue to put their campaigns in a position to grow the majority,” said NRCC National Press Secretary Will Reinert. at the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Democrats, however, had some border in third-quarter fundraising for the seats rated “lynching” by Cook.

President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign has also surpassed former President Donald Trump’s campaign. seconds on CNN.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Republican National Senate Committee, the Republican National Congressional Committee and the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee did not immediately respond to DCNF’s requests for comment.

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