May was a good month for both party committees charged with sending Senators to Washington. New fundraising numbers from the NRSC released this morning show the group raised $3.6 million last month. The GOP group has $18.1 million on hand, and spent just over $2.5 million last month.
That puts the Republicans ahead of the Democrats when it comes to the money in their bank account, but well behind them when it comes to raising more. According to numbers reported elsewhere today, the DSCC raised $5 million in May and has $17.6 million in cash heading into the summer.
“Republicans were quick to tout their cash position after Democrats had nearly a 2-to-1 financial advantage last fall,” CQ reports.
It’s the first time the NRSC has taken the lead in cash on hand, as the party was happy to point out. But as the Hotline reports, when taken in aggregate the fundraising and cash figures for both groups at the end of May leave things about even.
“Both party committees have begun spending on infrastructure in several states,” Hotline‘s Reid Wilson writes, “and the difference between the two is negligible in the long run.”
