The DSCC and NRSC have just released their first-quarter fundraising numbers, showing a mixed bag of news for each side as the Dems race to get a 60-seat super-majority and the GOP works to stop them.
The Senate Dems brought in $10.4 million for the quarter and have $7.2 million on hand, compared to the Senate GOP’s $9.6 million and $2.27 million on hand. However, the NRSC has only $1 million remaining debt, compared to the DSCC’s $10.9 million in debt.
So while the DSCC is taking in money at a faster clip right now — and having a near-super-majority certainly helps in doing that — they’re still not yet out of their hole from the 2008 elections, while the GOP has effectively climbed out.
Both parties claimed a big success. Said DSCC executive director J.B. Poersch, in a statement: “Every time Republicans choose obstruction over progress, it energizes Democrats. Americans want
President Obama to have partners in the Senate – not obstructionists, and that’s why we’re seeing nationwide enthusiasm to protect and grow our Democratic majority.”
And NRSC head John Cornyn said he was “very pleased” with the result, and used the threat of a 60-seat Dem majority to drum up more support: “With Senate Democrats on the precipice of a 60-seat, filibuster-proof supermajority, it is crucial that Republican candidates have the necessary resources to compete across the country in next year’s midterm elections.”
