The DSCC spent $16.14m alongside its Senate candidates in the first half of October, more than three times the NRSC's $4.84m. In the same fortnight it drew $15m from a bank credit line, and net of debt it is now narrowly ahead. Republicans hold the bigger reserve: the Senate Leadership Fund had $88.42m on 14 October to Senate Majority PAC's $32.72m.
Senate Democrats spent through their party committee in early October; Republicans kept $88.42m in their Super PAC.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee drew $15m on 5 October from a $25m Amalgamated Bank credit line opened in July, its pre-general report to the FEC shows.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee drew $15m on 5 October from a $25m Amalgamated Bank credit line. The line opened in July and runs to June 2028. The committee ended 14 October with $20.67m in cash.
Its Republican rival still owes the $20m it borrowed from Chain Bridge Bank in September. Net of debt, Lowdown's arithmetic puts the Democrats ahead, $5.67m to $5.20m. Most money left for the final week now sits with super PACs.
The DSCC put $16.14m alongside its Senate candidates from 1 to 14 October against the NRSC's $4.84m; with the House committees added, Democrats led $44.27m to $33.69m.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spent $16.14m alongside its Senate candidates from 1 to 14 October. Its Republican counterpart spent $4.84m. With both House committees counted, Democrats led $44.27m to $33.69m.
Republicans had led this spending in August and September. Party money spent with a candidate gets the lowest broadcast ad rate, so each dollar buys more airtime than Super PAC money in the final weeks.
Senate Majority PAC began October with $111.96m and spent $108.70m in two weeks, $65.0m of it through its WinSenate affiliate, ending 14 October with $32.72m.
Senate Majority PAC, the main Democratic Senate Super PAC, spent $108.70m from 1 to 14 October. It began the month with $111.96m and ended it with $32.72m.
Most of the money went to affiliates that buy its advertising, led by WinSenate with $65.0m. A new Texas affiliate, Texas Forever, received $10.0m. The Republican counterpart now holds far more cash for the last week.
The Senate Leadership Fund ended 14 October with $88.42m in cash, 2.7 times Senate Majority PAC's, after raising $18.98m with nothing from Elon Musk.
The Senate Leadership Fund, the Republican Senate Super PAC, held $88.42m on 14 October. That is 2.7 times the cash of its Democratic rival, Senate Majority PAC.
It raised $18.98m in early October with nothing from Elon Musk, who gave it $75m and $83m in September. The reserve may signal retreat or a late push; SLF had already reported $50.41m of spending in the week to 21 October.
A 9th Circuit panel ruled 2-1 on Monday 26 October that it lacked jurisdiction over DOJ's bid to make California set aside mail ballots from more than 20,000 listed voters, and returned the case to Judge David O. Carter.
United StatesQatarA 9th Circuit panel ruled 2-1 on 26 October that it could not hear the Justice Department's California ballots appeal yet. The department wants mail ballots from more than 20,000 listed voters set aside.
The panel sent the case back to Judge David O. Carter, who hears the motion on 27 October. The panel's unsigned order called the department's emergency partly self-constructed.
Texas PAC received nothing from 1 to 14 October and closed the fortnight with $9.22m, while MAGA Inc took its own Texas Senate spending to $37.65m with a $7.20m filing on 22 October.
TEXAS PAC, a Republican Super PAC with $131.5m in Texas's Senate race by 30 September, received nothing from 1 to 14 October. It ended the fortnight with $9.22m and no debts.
MAGA Inc filed $7.20m against Democrat James Talarico on 22 October, taking its Texas spending to $37.65m. Texas Forever, a Democratic affiliate, has reported $19.40m against Ken Paxton since 1 October.
Lower Costs Now filed its first independent expenditure on 1 October and had reported $65.65m in Senate races by 25 October; its FEC filings show $50.18m raised by 14 October.
Lower Costs Now, a new Super PAC, filed its first Senate spending on 1 October. By 25 October it had reported $65.65m across Senate races, including $4.18m against Michigan's Mike Rogers.
Senate Majority PAC gave it $7.0m on 6 October. Its filings to the FEC show $50.18m raised from 10 September to 14 October, nearly all of it from committees.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee funded seven nominees from 1 to 14 October and put no party money behind its candidates in Iowa, New Hampshire, Kansas, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina or South Carolina.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee took no new loan from 1 to 14 October. It still owed the $20m borrowed from Chain Bridge Bank and held $25.20m in cash.
It funded seven nominees but gave nothing to its candidates in Iowa, New Hampshire, Kansas, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Two of those seats, Iowa and New Hampshire, were rated Toss Up in September.
Democratic-side groups filed $67.97m in Iowa's Senate race from 1 to 26 October against $18.49m for Republicans, led by Lower Costs Now's $17.21m for Josh Turek.
Democratic-side groups filed $67.97m in Iowa's Senate race from 1 to 26 October. Republican groups filed $18.49m. Lower Costs Now led all spenders with $17.21m for Democrat Josh Turek.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee gave Ashley Hinson nothing in early October after $5.54m in September. The Senate Leadership Fund still spent $5.90m against Turek in the week to 21 October.
The Cook Political Report shifted 19 House races towards Democrats on 23 October and none towards Republicans, and now rates Democrats favoured in the 218 seats needed for a majority.
The Cook Political Report moved 19 House races towards Democrats on 23 October and none towards Republicans. It now rates Democrats favoured in the 218 seats needed for a majority.
Sabato's Crystal Ball crossed the same line on 20 October. Cook's likeliest outcome is a Democratic gain of 12 to 22 seats, though Republicans keep The House until January.
Sabato's Crystal Ball and the Cook Political Report moved Ohio's governor's race between Vivek Ramaswamy and Amy Acton to Lean Democrat on 22 and 23 October, as SLF filed $12.07m against Sherrod Brown.
Sabato's Crystal Ball and The Cook Political Report moved Ohio's governor's race to Lean Democrat on 22 and 23 October. Cook said Vivek Ramaswamy's attack ad on Amy Acton showed the race slipping away from him.
In the Senate race on the same ballot, the Senate Leadership Fund filed $12.07m against Sherrod Brown from 22 to 26 October. October filings there are close, Republicans narrowly ahead.
The Senate Leadership Fund gave Plains PAC $2.7m on 5 October, and Plains PAC filed its first Kansas Senate spending, $1.59m against Adam Hamilton, on 25 October.
The Senate Leadership Fund gave $2.7m to a new committee, Plains PAC, on 5 October. Plains PAC filed $1.59m against Democrat Adam Hamilton in Kansas on 25 October.
Democratic-side groups still lead Kansas Senate filings this month, $36.05m to $13.59m. The party's Senate committee gave Senator Roger Marshall nothing in early October, so Republican money is arriving through outside groups.
The DSCC-led plaintiffs in DSCC v. Trump asked Chief Judge James Boasberg on Friday 23 October for expedited discovery, with the government's answers due by 28 October.
Plaintiffs led by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee asked Chief Judge James Boasberg on 23 October to fast-track their case against Donald Trump's administration. They want answers by 28 October.
The suit alleges the administration intimidated state election officials. The plaintiffs seek government messages about demands to remove voters or reject ballots. Answers on that timetable would arrive days before the 3 November vote.
Fairshake, the crypto-industry super PAC, sent $44.5m in three transfers to Defend American Jobs from 1 to 14 October, its pre-general report shows.
Fairshake, the crypto-industry Super PAC, sent $44.5m to Defend American Jobs in three transfers from 1 to 14 October. It reported no new receipts in the same fortnight.
Defend American Jobs led outside spending in Ohio's Senate race in late September. The money now sits with the committee that buys the advertising, in the last weeks before the 3 November vote.
Up. Outside groups filed $311.72m in 24-hour reports received from 22 to 26 October across all races, and SLF, which held $88.42m on 14 October, reported $50.41m in the week to 21 October. The next marker is where SLF's 24-hour reports land in Iowa, Kansas, Ohio and Texas before polling day on 3 November.
