The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) announced on Wednesday that they raised $6.6 million in the month of January. This is $2 million more than the Republican Senate Committee, the NRSC, raised during that time. Currently, the Democrats also have more cash on hand, as they have $15 million banked. The Republicans have $10 million.
For this election cycle, the DSCC has far outpaced the NRSC, as the Dems have raised nearly $60 million in that time. That is $18 million more than the GOP has been able to pull in. Of course, these are the legal contributions that donors are allowed to give. This has nothing to do with SuperPACs, which will obviously be a big source for Republicans. While both Democratic and Republican candidates will be the benefactors of SuperPAC funded ads, it seems a foregone conclusion that the GOP will prevail on this end.
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Therefore, it is important that the DSCC and the individual candidates go out there and raise money and bank as much as they can ahead of November. If they want to combat the disadvantage they will surely face in terms of dark money, they have to appeal to individuals and business to contribute fairly and legally to their campaigns. Based on the figures we are seeing, that appears to be working.
We need another great month of fundraising to build grassroots operations in targeted races. Be a part of it at http://t.co/YsN8riundo
— Guy Cecil (@guycecil) February 19, 2014
I think another thing this shows is that individual voters prefer the Democratic Party to the GOP and would prefer the Dems to retain the majority in the Senate. While the GOP might be able to get billionaires and large corporations to create and donate to SuperPACs to support conservative candidates, in the end, voters are going to make their voice heard. SuperPACs can only really support a candidate with advertising. However, if voters have been burned one too many times by the GOP, it doesn’t matter how many campaign ads you toss at them, their mind has already been made up.
Justin Baragona is the Managing Editor at Politicus Sports as well as Senior Editor at PoliticusUSA. He was a political writer for 411Mania.com before joining PoliticusUSA. Politically, Justin considers himself a liberal but also a realist and pragmatist. Currently, Justin lives in St. Louis, MO and is married. Besides writing, he also runs his own business after spending a number of years in the corporate world. You can follow Justin on Twitter either with his personal handle (@justinbaragona) or the Sports site’s (@PoliticusSports).
