WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats’ campaign arm plans to report on Friday that it hauled in $8.2 million in April, slightly more than its GOP counterpart, as both parties gear up for potential record-shattering expenditures in this year’s midterm elections.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee also will report holding $45.9 million cash on hand in its monthly disclosure to the Federal Election Commission, the group shared first with CQ Roll Call. The National Republican Senatorial Committee previously said that it would report holding $45.1 million, after raising $8.1 million in April, according to a news release. The NRSC’s FEC filing indeed reflected that amount of cash on hand.
The campaign committee, which is seeking to protect vulnerable members such as Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Raphael Warnock of Georgia, started off the 2021-2022 cycle with a cash-on-hand deficit compared with the NRSC. The Democratic committee reported holding $9 million as of Jan. 31, 2021, while the GOP committee held $17.2 million at that time, according to FEC records.
