Fighting Back: Senate Democrats Outraise Senate Republicans by a Stunning Margin

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After a brutal but expected loss due to the map, Democrats are fighting back hard by donating to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) to the record setting tune of $4.5 million in January, which they describe in the header of their press release as the “best off year January in the history of the committee.”

In a press release, the DSCC announced:

The DSCC had its best off-year January in the history of the committee, raising $4.5 million and outraising the NRSC by a whopping $2 million. Just one month into 2015, the DSCC already has more than $2.6 million on hand. Thanks to our record setting month, the DSCC lowered its operational debt to $15 million.

Democrats seem to be taking nothing for granted going into 2016, not wanting to see a repeat of 2014 let alone 2010. However, 2016 is a presidential election year, and these bring out the Democratic voters. The 2014 election was brutal for Democrats, but this was expected in the 6th year of a President’s term, in an non presidential election year, and due to the map favoring Republicans. In 2016, all of this will be different, much of it favoring Democrats.

But winners take nothing for granted, and the time to start fighting for 2016 is now, especially with Republicans trying to destroy the country in just a few weeks of power, with the countdown to the Republican shutdown of homeland security imminent.

DSCC executive director Tom Lopach said in a statement, “After just a few weeks in power the Republican Senate is already trying to shut down the Department of Homeland Security and Democrats are energized and engaged in our fight to take back the Senate. Our supporters want to see a Senate that governs responsibly instead of playing political games, and we’re grateful that they’re standing with us as we lay the foundation for a successful 2016.”

With Republicans stumbling over their own bills and scoring touchdowns for the other team while they pontificate on camera about how shutting down homeland security won’t be that bad, it should be pretty easy for Democrats to raise money. The American people should be slightly afraid of the frat boys running Congress right now. Things are not going well, to put it mildly.

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