If Joe Biden wins in November, it won’t be enough to change things in the country – unless Democrats are also able to win the Senate and unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
According to a new report by Wall Street Journal reporters Julie Bykowicz and Lindsay Wise, the trend looks to be leaning towards Democrats as they have outraised Senate Republican candidates and incumbents.
“Republicans are sounding alarms after Democratic Senate candidates outraised their GOP opponents in the first six months of the year, a gulf driven largely by small-dollar online contributions,” Bykowicz and Wise report. “Democratic candidates in the 11 most competitive Senate races collectively raised $67.3 million in the second quarter of the year — $20.5 million more than their Republican counterparts, according to fundraising reports filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission.”
Michael Duncan, who is working on the digital end of McConnell’s reelection campaign spoke to the Journal about their concerns with Democrats outraising them.
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Duncan told the Journal, “It’s a serious fundraising disparity that jeopardizes our Senate majority, and Republican senators need to wake up and develop a small-dollar program — or they’ll be out of a job.” And a GOP strategist who is focusing on Senate races told the Journal that from a fundraising standpoint, “We’re scared to death by what we see.”
You can read the full report HERE.
