Senate Democrats face many challenges this midterm cycle. Money isn't one of them.
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Democratic Senate candidates in five of the six most crucial 2022 races are heading into the final months of the campaign with dramatically more cash in the bank than their would-be Republican opponents, a silver lining in what could be a difficult midterm cycle for their party.
But Republicans, buoyed by tight poll numbers in all six races and sinking approval ratings for President Joe Biden, contend that even if their candidates are outraised, they will have enough money to take advantage.
In several key battleground races -- Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and New Hampshire -- the leading Democratic candidate ended March with more cash on hand than the leading Republican, despite a number of GOP candidates self-funding their campaigns. And in some cases, the advantage was substantial: In New Hampshire, Sen. Maggie Hassan raised more than three times what three potential Republican opponents took in over the first three months of 2022; in Georgia, Sen. Raphael Warnock ended March with more than three times the cash on hand as Republican hopeful Herschel Walker; and in Arizona, Sen. Mark Kelly raised a mammoth $11.3 million in the first quarter, while none of his Republican opponents pulled in more than $1.2 million.
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