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Republican fundraising in competitive Senate races surged in the third quarter, with GOP candidates in eight tight races outpacing Democrats on aggregate for the first time in the 2014 election cycle.
In eight competitive Senate races, Republicans brought in $30.1 million to Democrats $27.2 million, outpacing Democrats in five of the races. The totals are a significant shift since the second quarter, when Democrats in those races raised about $3 million more than their opponents. Exceptions to the trend include races in Kentucky, North Carolina and Louisiana, though Republicans made gains in the latter two states.
In Georgias Senate race, Republican David Perdue ramped up his fundraising efforts in recent months, outraising Democrat Michelle Nunn by more than $600,000 in the third quarter, including $500,000 the candidate loaned to himself in the lead-up to his July runoff election. Ms. Nunn had easily won the money race in the second quarter. The candidates havent yet released their cash-on-hand figures.
In Alaska and Iowa, where candidates in each party were tied in the second quarter, the Republicans fared better in recent months. In Alaska, Republican Dan Sullivanwho won the GOP primary in the state less than two months agoraised $2.8 million in the third quarter, beating Democratic Sen. Mark Begich by $800,000. Both candidates have similar amounts in the bank.
In Iowa, Republican Joni Ernst brought in more than twice the amount Democrat Bruce Braley raised. She also has twice as much in the bank.
The fundraising picture in Colorado reversed itself in recent months, with the most recent candidate reports showing Republican Cory Gardner outraised Democratic Sen. Mark Udall by about $400,000 in the third quarter. Mr. Udall had outpaced his opponent by the same amount in the second quarter. Mr. Gardner also has a cash advantage of about $1.3 million.
In Arkansas, where Republican Tom Cotton was one of the few candidates in his party to outraise a Democrat in the second quarter, Mr. Cottons advantage continued: He raised about $1.6 million more than Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor in the third quarter. Mr. Cotton also has nearly $2 million more in the bank.
In other states, Democrats continued to outraise their opponents, but by smaller margins. In Louisiana, Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu raised $2.7 million, about $200,000 more than her opponent. At the end of the second quarter, her advantage over Republican Bill Cassidy was significantly large at nearly $600,000.
In North Carolina, where Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan brought in one of the highest hauls of the cycle, Republican Thom Tillis stepped up his game, too, raising nearly $2 million more than he did in the second quarter. That narrowed Ms. Hagans advantage to $1.5 million, down from $2 million at the end of the second quarter. Ms. Hagan also spent $11.6 million in the third quarter, and now has $200,000 less in the bank than Mr. Tillis.
One notable exception to the trend came in the closely-contested Kentucky Senate race, where Democratic candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes outraised her opponent, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, by $1.7 million in the third quarter, and also reduced the Republicans cash-on-hand advantage, according to the candidates campaigns.
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Des Moines, Iowa Jill Paxton would appear to be the Republicans dream. A young suburban mother, Ms. Paxton grew up in a Republican household, has voted against President Obama in both presidential elections, and would like to see the Republicans take back the Senate a very real possibility on Nov. 4.
Shes perfectly positioned to help make it happen. Shes an Iowa voter, and a Republican win here could tip control of the Senate to the GOP. All Paxton has to do is vote for the woman running for Senate, Republican Joni Ernst.
But she might not do it.
The fact is, Paxton doesnt agree with Ms. Ernst on several issues that really matter to her, including education and reproductive rights. She calls Ernst old-fashioned.
For Democrats facing an energized Republican base and an election map that heavily favors Republicans, voters like Paxton represent a potential lifeline. Republicans need to win six Senate seats to take control of the chamber; two appear in the bag, and of 10 to 12 others that polls show are still in play, eight are in red states that went for Republican Mitt Romney in the last presidential election.
But Paxton offers the hope that, if Democrats can motivate women to vote, they might be able to stop Republicans short of their Senate goal. Indeed, the biggest thing standing in the way of Ernst becoming the first woman to represent Iowa in Congress might be Iowas women voters, who strongly favor her Democratic opponent, US Rep. Bruce Braley, according to polls.
Given a generic ballot, the countrys Democrats enjoy a 10-point advantage among likely women voters, while Republicans enjoy a nine-point gap among men, according to a September poll by the Pew Research Center.
In presidential years, this slight difference can work to Democrats advantage, because more women than men vote. In midterm years like this one, the number of women voters drops and Democrats have to scramble to get them to the polls.
There are other pitfalls for Democrats, such as a big drop in the approval rating of Mr. Obama among women only 44 percent compared with 55 percent in 2012, according to a Washington Post/ABC News survey. But in tossup states, such as Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, and Arkansas, Democrats are counting on women voters to make the difference.
Democrats believe that if they can turn out enough women they can overcome whatever advantages Republicans have because of the political environment, says Jennifer Duffy of the independent Cook Political Report.
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