September 3, 2024
The 2024 election isn’t just expensive in the battle for the White House: Down-ballot candidates are also raising huge sums in their efforts to decide which party controls Congress. And Republicans are worried given how Democrats are beating them in the money race.
According to Politico, the GOP is sounding the alarm bell about Democrats lapping them in the latest campaign finance data. Currently, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) — which is helmed by Sen. Steve Daines (R-Montana) — is urging donors to cough up $35 million more in order to be competitive through November. And its House campaign counterpart is trailing the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee by $37 million in the final stretch of the election cycle as Republicans fight to keep control of the House of Representatives.
““The only thing preventing us from having a great night in November is the massive financial disparity our party currently faces,” NRSC executive director Jason Thielman told Politico. “We are on a trajectory to win the majority, but unless something changes drastically in the next six weeks, we will lose winnable seats.”
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Bugs Marlowe