Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) has accepted the chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, two sources have confirmed to TPM.
Thirty three senate seats are up for grabs in 2012, and 23 among them are Democrats.
The DSCC is the national campaign committee responsible for electing Democrats to the U.S. Senate. Murray, who had been rumored in recent days to be the likely successor to current chair Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), faced her own tough reelection battle this year, pulling out a narrow win over Republican Dino Rossi.
Murray oversaw the DSCC during the 2002 election cycle as well.
