Two prominent Democratic campaign vehicles have put over $15 million into multiple House and Senate races since the start of September alone as the party’s fight to flip Congress approaches its final stretch.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and WinSenate, a political action committee (PAC) affiliated with the Senate Majority PAC, have respectively invested an additional $1.6 million into seven House races and $13.8 million into eight Senate races across the country already this month.
The DCCC announced that its spending was the first of multiple “weekly investments” into battleground districts until November. The organization will run television advertisements for both incumbents and challengers in states ranging from North Carolina to Washington.
Multiple candidates that the DCCC has thrown its support behind are fighting to keep their seats following mid-decade redistricting in their states that has undermined their Democratic support base. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-AL), Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), and Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) face districts that have shifted right as a result of state legislatures redrawing their Congressional district maps.
The DCCC is also supporting races in what the organization has called now “competitive districts,” including seats in Nebraska and Michigan currently held by Republicans.
“Our investment strategy allows both the Committee and our campaigns to maximize resources and continue to expand our offensive map,” DCCC executive director Julie Merz said in a press release.
Meanwhile, WinSenate has poured millions of dollars into several key races that will determine which party has control of the Senate.
According to records filed with the Federal Election Commission, so far in September the PAC has spent money to support Democrats or oppose Republicans in Senate races in Alaska, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas.
This month, WinSenate has spent the most money on the Senate races in Maine and Michigan — two races that have drawn national attention because polling shows they are neck-in-neck.
In Maine, incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R) faces last-minute Democratic candidate Troy Jackson. Following his unexpected win in Michigan’s Democratic primary in August, Abdul El-Sayed is up against former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers.
So far, neither race has a clear leader. WinSenate spent over $2.3 million on the Senate race in Maine and over $1.7 million on the Senate race in Michigan in just the first four days of September.