WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Senate Democrats Amass “Fundraising Firewall” By “Outraising Their Respective Challengers” And “Head Into Election Year Well Funded”

New reporting from Axios and National Journal spotlights Senate Democrats’ “record-breaking war chests” – “outraising their respective challengers in key states” as they head “toward this fall’s midterms in a strong position” to defend Democrats’ Senate majority. 

See for yourself:

Axios: Senate Democrats’ fundraising firewall
By Sarah Mucha

January 31, 2022

• Individual Senate Democrats are heading toward this fall’s midterms in a strong position… outraising their respective challengers in key states.

• Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.)… has a history of being a strong fundraiser.

• Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) broke a record, raising the most money in the fourth quarter by a Granite State Senate candidate during a non-election year. She took in $3.1 million.

• In Georgia, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) announced last week his campaign had raised $9.8 million during the last quarter of 2021. That tally nearly doubled… his Republican challenger.

• And in Nevada… Cortez Masto reported raising $3.3 million.

National Journal: “Democratic incumbents head into the election year well-funded”
By Matt Holt
February 1, 2022

• Democratic incumbents have amassed record-breaking war chests in the off-year.

• Warnock was the top fundraising Democrat for the second quarter in a row, raking in $9.8 million. He entered the new year with roughly $23 million cash on hand.

• Kelly was a close second—he raised $8.9 million and entered 2022 with $18.6 million cash on hand.

• [Hassan] raised $3.3 million… and entered 2022 with $5.3 million cash on hand.

• Cortez Masto in Nevada raised more money than both of her GOP challengers combined, hauling in $3.3 million and entered 2022 with $10.4 million cash on hand.

• GOP Incumbents Outraised: The two most vulnerable GOP incumbents were outraised by their Democratic challengers.
  

• In Florida… Democratic Rep. Val Demings outraised [Rubio] for a third straight quarter. Rubio brought in $5.2 million, while Demings brought in $7.1 million. Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson raised $628,000.
  
• In North Carolina… The likely Democratic nominee, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, beat [McCrory and Budd] both, raising $2.1 million and entering the new year with $2.8 million cash on hand.

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