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Republicans have a huge fundraising advantage. Will it matter?

Polls and pundits alike are widely — if sometimes cautiously — predicting a blue wave in the midterm elections on November 3. But there’s an important caveat to predictions of a Democratic triumph: Republicans have far more cash at their disposal. President Donald Trump’s super PAC alone had around $400 million on hand earlier this […]

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Ocasio-Cortez transfers $1M to El-Sayed Senate campaignDETROIT -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who is campaigning in Michigan this week for Abdul El-Sayed, transferred $1 million Friday to a political account to help elect the fellow progressive to the Senate.

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The $2500 Donation that could mean more for Texas' Senate race than Elon Musk’s millionsBarbara Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, has given money to a super PAC supporting Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, Houston Public Media reported . The amount is small, but it may say something about where some Republicans stand. Lone Star Rising PAC’s third-quarter filing with the FEC lists a $2,500 contribution from the…

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Illinois Democrats, Pritzker outraise many Republicans and BaileyNewly filed campaign finance records show Republican Darren Bailey entered the final month before the Nov. 3 election with $431,787 in cash on hand, a disadvantage of better than 100 to 1 to the $44.4 million that the self-funding Gov. JB Pritzker had in his campaign fund on Sept. 30.

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Ocasio-Cortez donates $1 million to Abdul El-Sayed's US Senate bidPONTIAC, Mich. — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced she transferred $1 million to help elect Abdul El-Sayed to the U.S. Senate at a canvassing launch event Friday afternoon in Pontiac. The progressive New York Democrat said the substantial donation from her own reelection fund was "a first" for her, particularly for a Senate candidate. "I…

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GOP reeling as 'magic wand' to save their majority dies on the vine: reportRepublican groups have put more than $740 million into congressional races since Labor Day, but according to CNBC, the money has done little to shift the battlefield. AdImpact data shows GOP groups spent that sum from Labor Day through October 14, with at least $220 million from Trump-aligned organizations. Elon Musk, the biggest known donor of the…

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