Dems pour $25M into ground game as GOP inches closer to Senate majority
The race for the Senate is tightening across the nation.
On Monday, the Democrats’ Senate Campaign announced massive new expenditures across the country focused on contacting the voters directly. There are less than 50 days left until the election.
The $25 million project is spread across 10 states. These include Senate battlegrounds Arizona and Nevada, Michigan and Ohio, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well places like Florida and Texas where Democrats hope to unseat Republican incumbents, despite the expectation that Republicans will hold them.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spent a portion of its money in Maryland where the popular former Republican Governor was located. Larry Hogan threatens the grip of the Republican Party on Maryland.
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In a statement, DSCC Chairman Gary Peters said, “A formidable groundgame makes all the differences in close races – which is why the DSCC worked all cycle to build the organizing system that will lead to Senate Democrats’ victory.”
This increased investment will allow our campaigns to expand their capacity for organizing, inform more voters of the importance of voting in this election, and reach every voter that we need to win.
The DSCC will spend the cash it receives in the 10 states on additional political organizers, as well as programs to target voter constituencies, phone banking and digital organizing.
The committee said that it may also increase the funding before the elections.
As polls tighten, Republicans are trying to unseat Democrats who are vulnerable. This gives the GOP an excellent chance of gaining the majority in the Senate.
Two top political handicappers recently shifted the race, from “toss-up” to “leans Republican” for former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy.
In another hotly contested race, Republican candidate Dave McCormick and incumbent Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) tied with 46% each in a recent CNN poll.
Steve Daines (R-Mont. ), Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, claimed for the first in an interview with Fox News Digital that the Republicans will regain the Senate majority at the next election.
“Fifty one is the number we want to reach,” he said. There’s a chance to go beyond 51, but that’s the number we have to reach.
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