Senate Democrats' super PAC raises record $61M in 2019

Senate Majority PAC, the super PAC aligned with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, raised $61 million in 2019, a record sum that will boost Democrats as they seek to recapture the Senate this year.

The fundraising total, which was shared first with POLITICO, shattered the group's previous off-year fundraising records from recent election cycles and topped their GOP counterpart's haul for last year. The super PAC entered 2020 with more than $47 million in the bank, more than triple the $13.7 million it had at the same point two years ago.

Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, and the GOP is defending 23 seats to just 12 for Democrats this year. At least a half-dozen GOP seats are considered battlegrounds, while Democrats are defending two or three vulnerable incumbents. Democrats must net three seats to win back control of the chamber if they also win the White House.

That math has Democrats seeing a viable path back to control of the Senate, six years after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans took the majority.




https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/28/senate-democrat-super-pac-raises-61-million-107479