Republicans rode into the Senate majority in 2024 on the wallets of filthy-rich candidates, but they’ll be relying on a different breed of hopefuls to hold or expand their advantage in next year’s midterm elections.
Last cycle, the GOP wasn’t particularly shy about identifying wealthy candidates in key states in order to compete with the Democratic incumbents’ fundraising advantage. (It also helped that many of them had résumés outside politics that were attractive at a time when voters, in general, don’t trust politicians or government.)
That strategy was successful, but this cycle looks to be different.
